We imagine war is tough. We know it puts great strain on soldiers. But is war a drug? Even ‘the supreme drug of human…

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

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

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…

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…

A film review and discussion guide to 'Paddington'.

‘What do you do when you're not sure?’ Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) opens his sermon with a question which…

A review of Mamma Mia! - the movie.

To my mind, one of the main interests of Philip Pullman’s controversial trilogy is not specifically related to the books. It lies in…