Rachel Helen Smith considers two recent developments in film: horror and 3D. Karl Marx famously claimed, "Religion is the opiate of the…

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

An examination of a life falling apart in the film 'Locke'.

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…

What can we learn from the current obsession for nostalgia?

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

Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alive today. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural…

“It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.” So croons popular singer Paolo Nutini in a song on his latest album Sunny Side…

The Lone Ranger (2013) has been such a flop at the US box-office that critics are heralding the death of the Western. Are these critics…