Why so many movies are about the same three themes
From sci-fi to cop capers, most films are actually about love, money and family
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Visions of beastliness: Horror movie Split (2016) explained
Who’s hunting whom?
Rear Window, Copycat and the art of the housebound detective
The plot techniques in play when a film’s lead character is trapped at home
The Firm (1993) explained: for the love of money
A hotshot lawyer gets a lesson in greed (and tax evasion)
Vertigo (1958) explained: is the cop the real killer?
Is Vertigo’s bumbling detective – Jimmy Stewart – as harmless as he appears?
Joker (2019): a fine line between good and evil
Joker plays on good and evil, Chaplin’s comedy … and stairways