Reinventing the Reel: Foxcatcher
Film critic Michael Dodd writes on Bennett Miller’s ‘Foxcatcher’, the most unexpected omission from the Academy’s Best Picture nominations.
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Reinventing the Reel: Birdman
Michael Dodd writes on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘Birdman’, “a wry look at modern celebrity and the struggle to keep up with an ever-changing digital and fame-obsessed world”.
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Editors’ Films of 2014
The best films of 2014, as selected by our editorial team.
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Halloween: The TMS Alternative Horror Selection
The Missing Slate’s film team offer up their selection of alternative horror picks for Halloween.
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‘Nam in Hollywood (Part Two: War is Hell)
In the second part of a series on the Vietnam war in Hollywood, Michael Dodd explores how American cinema addressed ‘Nam itself and influenced the nation’s perspective on the war.
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‘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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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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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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