HATERS GONNA HATEIN DEFENCE OF INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL Crystal Skull is Spielberg’s unloved, deformed child …

2D OR NOT 2D?THAT IS THE QUESTION Not now James, we’re busy The format halves the cinema’s capacity for exhibition of …

TRAUMA, REPETITION AND BLANK CHARACTERISATION IN WES WORLD Throughout a career spanning almost two decades, Wes Anderson has cultivated a reputation …

“SO WE BOTH HAVE DEAD PEOPLE IN OUR FAMILIES“: DEAD PARENTS AND PROCESSING GRIEF When we are presented with any form …

“OF COURSE IT’S DARK, IT’S A SUICIDE NOTE“: PATHOS, PATERNAL NEGLECT AND PERFORMANCES OF MASCULINITY As Wes Anderson moves into the …

“I ALWAYS WISHED I WAS AN ORPHAN. I THINK YOUR LIVES ARE MORE SPECIAL“: TRAUMA, TIME AND TONE The devoted follower …

The fundamental basis of negative criticism directed at Wes Anderson can be summed up in the maxim, “familiarity breeds contempt.” Or …

Q. HEY JOHNNY, WHAT’RE YOU REBELLING AGAINST? A. DUNNO REALLY. CONSUMERISM? BIG BUSINESS? OH, AND DADDY NEVER LOVED ME From the …

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: SCORSESE, THE DEPARTED AND THE ASSIMILATED IRISH-AMERICAN IDENTITY The heterogeneous microclimate of Boston has allowed the ethnic …

WHAT’S A MAGUFFIN AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE? A key reason for the enduring appeal of the work of Alfred Hitchcock …