The King's Speech is book-ended by two speeches. The first is a disaster, a deeply humiliating experience for Prince Albert, Duke of York…

A review of the Oscar winning film 'Gravity' considers the themes of isolation, death, sacrifice and rebirth.

A film review and discussion guide to 'Paddington'.

What does J.B. Priestley's play An Inspector Calls have to say to us about sin, responsibility and being human?

Twenty questions to help us think more carefully about films - or to use in film discussion evenings.

In 1959, the children of a new elementary school bury a time capsule containing their ideas of what they think the world will be like in…

Beyoncé is incredibly popular. What makes her music resonate so deeply with people?

What would the world be like if no one had ever lied? Ricky Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, explores this question with the…

The act of reading is an act of decoding. Until our everyday habits are disrupted, we don’t realize how complex a process it is. How…