Remote control: how to catch a killer without leaving the house
From Rear Window to Copycat – the plot techniques in play when a film’s lead character is trapped at home.
How ‘The Firm’ highlighted tax evasion years before the Panama Papers
For one hotshot tax lawyer, accepting a high-paying job turns out to be a harsh lesson in the perils of greed.
Is the cop the real killer in Vertigo?
To kill once looks bad – three times makes the bumbling detective in Vertigo seem positively ghoulish.
The fine line between good and evil in Todd Phillips’ Joker
Joker (2019) inverts concepts like good and evil to create an intoxicating, multi-layered film. SPOILERS.
Ad Astra is spaced, man – review
Ad Astra is like many movies you know, all wrapped into one. That said, it may not be the film you’re expecting from the trailer.
The Departed: dirty rats and the ‘double’ theory
This deep-dive essay explains how the Oscar-winning film (and its ending) work.