Why does crime fiction fascinate so many people? What might this show us about people's concerns today.

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

Vincent Van Gogh is now a solid fixture in our cultural vocabulary. I need only mention sunflowers or a bandaged ear to conjure up his life…

Writer / directors Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest cerebral masterpiece is a fable on the purpose of morality, and the reasons for…

Mark Meynell is disoriented by the reality-probing of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. There are three deaths. The first is when…

The title and witch-themed publicity made me a little unsure about whether a Christian should be joining the crowds flocking to this…

A review of the book and film of Watchmen.

One of the most moving films of 2008, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a powerful, haunting story about the horrors of the Holocaust.…

A review of Mamma Mia! - the movie.