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

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

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

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…

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

A review of the book and film of Watchmen.

Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, set in the author’s homeland Afghanistan, became a Hollywood blockbuster…

A review of the film Juno.

William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language - yet we know little about his personal life. Jerram Barrs…