The Shawshank Redemption has earned a reputation for being one of the most popular films of all time. Despite an unimpressive performance…

Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, set in the author’s homeland Afghanistan, became a Hollywood blockbuster…

This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…

This helpful summary of philosopher Charles Taylor's work examines what it means to live in a secular age.

Examine the role played by Christianity in the Magna Carta.

Some guidelines on how to run a film discussion evening and how to choose a suitable film.

M (Judi Dench) is nothing if not pragmatic. Before the opening credits of Skyfall have even rolled, she has allowed not one, but two of her…

How can we be transformed through suffering? Surprisingly, the eighties cult film The Karate Kid offers some insights. If you're unfamiliar…

The second of the two films adapted from J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel begins at the place where the first left us hanging:…