Careless whispers: the contagious curse at the heart of Macbeth
An original analysis of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy, Macbeth – with a twist.
The significance of the colour white in Fahrenheit 451
The colour white appears an awful lot in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. In fact, it’s crucial to the book’s core themes.
Get Out: race, horror and hunting
Get Out’s real horror comes from its deconstruction of everyday racism.
Ever noticed that Goodfellas goes into reverse halfway through?
Halfway through Martin Scorsese’s gangster classic, Goodfellas appears to run in reverse order.
The Day The Earth Stood Still: explained
The Day The Earth Stood Still blends science fiction with a real-life warning.
Explainer: Notes on Nationalism, by George Orwell
Like 1984, Orwell’s ‘Notes on Nationalism’ feels eerily prescient of today’s political landscape – despite being published in 1945.