Motherhood on trial in ‘The Nanny’
1965 psychodrama The Nanny stages a disturbing battle of the sexes to keep women in their place.
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.