essays

Minority Report (2002) and the paradox of precognition

Symbols of seeing and not seeing – and the unbearable weight of grief – in sci-fi thriller Minority Report

Published: 21 March 2023
21 March 2023

Soul, man: borrowed Blackness in The Commitments

It don’t matter if you’re Black or white … or does it? Talking about race in The Commitments

Published: 15 March 2023
15 March 2023

Sex and sanguination: decoding Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Making sense of the sizzling sexuality of Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Published: 5 March 2023
5 March 2023

Fight Club (1999) explained: vandals with dirty faces

Making sense of Fight Club’s twisted narrative and duplicated identities

Published: 16 February 2023
16 February 2023

The Fly (1986) explained: the killing kind

Metaphor and transformation in David Cronenberg's The Fly

Published: 3 February 2023
3 February 2023

Hereditary (2018) and the meaning of madness

Making sense of fun-size houses and larger-than-life horror in Hereditary

Published: 23 January 2023
23 January 2023