What ‘Parasite’ says about being poor
Analysing the themes and metaphors in Bon Joon Ho’s 2019 film.
How author E.M Forster predicted the internet in 1909
E.M. Forster didn’t just predict the internet in his short story The Machine Stops – he foresaw the dangers of the digital age.
Girls on film: why cinema loves the beauty pageant
5 films set in or around the high stakes world of the beauty contest.
‘Annie’, ‘Pretty Woman’, and cinema’s three big themes
Annie (1982) and Pretty Woman (1990) are vehicles for cinema’s three big themes: love, money and family.
Visions of beastliness in ‘Split’
The Beast may not appear until the end of Split, but this film is shot through with beastly behaviour.
The Courage To Be Disliked, by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
The Courage To Be Disliked reveals the good life is closer than we think – but getting there may mean turning common wisdom on its head.