Film theories: cinema techniques, how to ‘read’ movies, and what makes them work.
Exploring the enduring appeal of the vampire in folklore, film and fiction ... and why vampires are so sexy
Sick, slick and highly relatable, The Menu takes aim at the worst excesses of food snobbery
Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life is a film of extremes, and a lesson in wish fulfilment
From true-life tale to the big screen, but backstory is key to Indian horror Dybbuk
Mitch Brenner’s got gull trouble. First an attractive woman follows him home, then birds attack his family …
Basement thriller I Came By sheds light on social invisibility, and unmasks the problem with class