The film’s soundtrack features popular musical favourites and sounds of dread and discordancy, and some of these depictions reflect racist ideas about “proper” musical, social and community norms.
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Frank Capra’s dark vision of corruption and greed highlights both the dangers of concentrated power and the quiet effectiveness of collective action.
From booby-trapping your home to committing larceny, festive films are full of legal conundrums.
Why does Hollywood persist in making Christmas action movie stinkers when so many of us enjoy cheesy romance and cosy comforting fare during the holiday season?
This tender family drama uses observational techniques to create atmosphere over story.
The new film from Stan manages to bend the rules of the Christmas genre without breaking them.
Many Christmas-themed movies centre around single people searching for love. But many people are increasingly happy being single and in no rush to find a partner.
It’s a favourite Christmas film in households across the world – but how did the muppet take on Charles Dickens become such an unlikely enduring classic? A Jim Henson expert explains.
For aficionados of Christmas cinema, the good and the bad, Christmas Ransom is light hearted and silly enough to be bearable.
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