Bride Wars: the feminine message hiding in plain sight
Bride Wars isn’t so much a feminist film as a fail compilation.
Was Inception really an ‘intervention’?
Making the argument that Inception isn’t a heist – it’s an intervention staged for the main character’s benefit.
Why Indian soap operas are like Shakespeare’s plays
Indian soap operas – like Thapki Pyar Ki – are more like Shakespeare’s plays as they would have been experienced in Elizabethan England: cheap, quick and populist.
Knowing (2009) explained: sci-fi, sin and damnation
Sci-fi/horror film Knowing features Nic Cage, old-time religion and a boldly awful ending. Contains spoilers. And damnation.
A story of our times: the tragedy of S-Town and John B. McLemore
A true-life tale from the makers of This American Life and Series, S-Town is devastating, heart-breaking and troubling. Spoilers.
Why Die Hard 2 is littered with smoking references
From pacing to symbolism, Die Hard 2 depends on John McClane being a smoker – and them’s the fax. Spoilers. Obviously.