‘Nam in Hollywood (Part One: The Beginning)
In the first part of a series on the Vietnam war in cinema, Michael Dodd traces the early history of this now instantly identifiable sub-genre.
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Safe Scares: How 9/11 Caused the American Horror Remake Trend (Part Three)
In the final part of a series, film critic Michael Dodd examines how modern horror has addressed the post-9/11 psyche.
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Karachi, You’re Killing Me!
“As far as debut novels go, this one is pretty fantastic… Plus, it has a cat.” Ghausia Rashid Salam reviews Saba Imtiaz’s first novel.
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Safe Scares: How 9/11 Caused the American Horror Remake Trend (Part Two)
In the second part of a series, Michael Dodd explores how 9/11 caused a spate of American horror remakes and affected their tone and content.
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Safe Scares: How 9/11 caused the American Horror Remake Trend (Part One)
In the first part of a series, Michael Dodd writes that American horror movies have a history of reflecting, examining and exploiting the national mood.
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Reinventing the Reel: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Film critic Chuck Williamson pulls no punches in his evaluation of Jonathan Liebesman’s “terminally stupid” ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ reboot.
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Back to the Beginning: The Evolving Influence of ‘Batman: Year One’
Film critic Michael Dodd on the relationship between comic book movie franchises and their source material, focusing specifically on ‘Batman: Year One’.
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Private Theatre: Black Narcissus
Film critic Ben Hynes delves into Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1947 classic ‘Black Narcissus’.
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Reinventing the Reel: Guardians of the Galaxy
Film critic Jay Sizemore reviews one of his favourite Marvel releases to date.
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Private Theatre: Boyhood
Contributing editor Christine Jin writes about ‘Boyhood’ in the context of Richard Linklater’s diverse career.
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