Phone Booth (2002): tales of the city and monstrous morality
Exploring Phone Booth’s vanished urban history, plus morality tales of the secular age
cities
cities
Her (2013): AI and the puzzle of beautiful, handwritten letters
How the story of a guy who can’t catch a break in love reveals our twisted romance with technology
Taxi Driver (1976) explained: the two faces of Travis Bickle
Exploring the symbolism and significance of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Yeah, I’m talkin’ to you
Falling Down (1993) explained: the terminal velocity of hardship
Falling Down’s black / bleak comedy of modern life and city living
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) explained: from zero to hero
A tale of two cities (and a smart-talking cop)
White fright? Candyman (1992) explained
Candyman and the terror of class, race and poverty