When the film premiered, theatergoers fainted and vomited. It went on to inspire a series of copycat films – while fomenting a cultural panic about the demons in our midst.
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Dawn of the Nugget has appealing new characters, emotional depth and distinctly British humour.
Increasingly slick films attracting big budgets are major features of Nollywood, the Nigerian film industry.
Once teeming with life, many of Britain’s wartime airfields are abandoned and full of the ghostly memories.
As Hollywood continues to reckon with its past, Vivien Leigh’s story is a reminder of the challenges faced by women, even the most successful ones.
David Grann’s account of a sensational murder investigation, the basis for Martin Scorsese’s latest film, delves into the mythologies of the old Wild West
From Korean realism to experimental maximalism, our top 5 of the most memorable films from the 2023 Melbourne International Film Festival.
A controversial low-budget Indian feature film about a discredited anti-Muslim conspiracy theory has been causing a political storm, going all the way to India’s Supreme Court.
As actors join screenwriters in a strike that has shut down movie productions, a labor historian looks back at union action on the silver screen.
If you haven’t seen Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic, then it’s likely you will have seen other films influenced by it.
Rhyddhawyd Jurassic Park ar y sgrin fawr ym mis Mehefin 1993 a newidiodd sinema am byth.
Jurassic Park was released on the big screen in June 1993 and changed cinema for good.
A new book explores the enormous Alien franchise spawned by the 1979 film.
Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret is a coming-of-age story about identity, relationships, and relationships with your own body. It’s frequently challenged – and enduringly loved.
Science fiction has always been good at predicting distant futures and now governments are turning to them to ward off possible threats.
A sociologist interviewed dozens of middle-class Black singles about their friendships, freedom and dating lives.
We are told that Magic Mike’s show is a “zombie apocalypse of repressed desire”, yet we don’t hear from the “zombies” themselves.
On a Monday morning in September of 2021, I sat down on my couch and hit play.
Predictions of the death of romantic comedy have been repeated over time. But it has been with us since before Shakespeare and is still very much alive and in constant transformation.
To convict Alec Baldwin of manslaughter for the on-set deadly shooting of Halyna Hutchins in 2021, prosecution will need to show that the actor was either reckless or criminally negligent.
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Film, University of Roehampton
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
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Associate Dean, The University of Melbourne