Film

Film theories: cinema techniques, how to ‘read’ movies, and what makes them work.

A stag in a forest stares away from the camera.

Get Out (2017) explained: race, horror and hunting

Myths of Blackness and motifs of horror in Get Out

Lights on Earth as seen from space

The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) explained

The 2008 remake sells us a potent picture of apocalypse, ecological vandalism … and grief

What song does Sigourney Weaver sing at the end of Alien?

Why ‘You are my lucky star’ is a fascinating song choice for Alien

Passengers (2016) explained: fairy tales in space

A girl, a guy, a glass coffin and happy ever after. Or is it?

A white rabbit crouches in long grass.

Fatal Attraction – the classic 80s movie explained

Classic themes, striking visuals – and opera

Child 44 explained: no murder in paradise?

Moscow, murders and metaphors of heaven and hell