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

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…

An old lady in a headscarf is buying a pint of milk in a local shop. She’s surprised by the price of the milk, and disturbed by the…

A review of the recent Sherlock Holmes films and BBC TV series.

The second of the two films adapted from J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel begins at the place where the first left us hanging:…

What happens when people are given free reign to do what they want with impunity? When there are no consequences for their actions because…

When newspaper columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) meets homeless, schizophrenic Juilliard-dropout Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Jr. (Jamie…

Vampires are currently one of the biggest phenomena in popular culture. They are central to hit television series like True Blood, Being…

‘I don’t know if the story I want to tell you is entirely true,’ confesses the narrator at the opening of Michael…