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Knock at the Cabin: apocalypse … now? | Review

3 February 2023

A family face up to the prospect of Armageddon – but should they believe everything they hear?

The killing kind: rediscovering 80s horror The Fly

3 February 2023

Columbo | Negative Reaction (Season 4, Ep. 2)

28 January 2023

Hereditary (2018) and the meaning of madness

23 January 2023

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Edge of Tomorrow (2014): time loops and circles of hell

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Inheritance (2020) explained: who’s really in chains?

Film

Taxi Driver (1976) explained: the two faces of Travis Bickle

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Falling Down (1993) explained: the terminal velocity of hardship

Film

Passengers (2016) explained: fairy tales in space

Book reviews

Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely

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Casino, by Nicholas Pileggi

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An introduction to Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys

Film

Symbolism in The Birds (1963): story as sexual landscape

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How to Own the Room, by Viv Groskop

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Why you should read: Liar’s Poker, by Michael Lewis

Film

Halloween (1978) explained: but wait, were there TWO killers?

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