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

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…

An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters

I watched The Grey the other night, and thought it was disturbing, haunting, devoid of hope and the best film I'd seen in a long time. The…

A review of Mamma Mia! - the movie.

David Cronenberg built his reputation on making challenging, boundary-breaking films which explore sexuality, violence and death. So…

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

James Bond has been in the spying business for such a long time that he really ought to be up for a long-service award. But the…