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

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

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

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 review of Lily Allen's CD It's Not Me It's You.

What can we learn from the film Bruce Almighty?

Climate change is one of the key issues of our time. But what should we make of the fervour of the environmental movement?

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

Chronicles of Heaven Unshackled examines the presence (and absence) of God in the English novel, with particular reference to Tolkien and…