Why are so many of the films and TV shows we enjoy obsessed with the end of the world?

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

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

'Whispers of Redemption' in Maleficent, Disney's makeover of Sleeping Beauty.

A review of the film Les Misérables.

The dwarves have all the best songs. Whether they are singing raucous ditties about smashing Bilbo’s best crockery or low, mournful…

The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and the…

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

The colour red suffuses We Need to Talk About Kevin. Red paint is smeared across walls and car window screens, red jam oozes out of…