How Hitler’s architect escaped the dying penalty
Speer also claimed to be no different from anyone else in his generation who was seduced by the Nazi leader. “Hitler himself was appearing in a time which was to...
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This collection concerning the nice US film-maker is a must-watch
Scorsese’s father kept his nose clean, but often had to intervene to save his brother, the film-maker’s uncle, Joe “The Bug” Scorsese, the other inspiration for Johnny Boy. I thought...
Exploring the Misunderstood Legacy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 📚
It’s perhaps a double-edged sword that the monstrous success of Hollywood’s incarnations (notably James Whale’s 1931 film starring Boris Karloff as the creature) in many ways secured the story’s longevity...
📺 Delving into the Forgotten Sixties Sci-Fi: The Original “Black...
Out of the Unknown was the idea of pioneering producer, Irene Shubik. Initially working as story editor at the now defunct UK broadcaster ABC television on the show Armchair Theatre,...
Followers ‘missed the purpose’ of D’Angelo’s infamously steamy video
As MTV takes its last gasp, shuttering its final music channels in the UK, it feels strangely nostalgic to look back to the days when multiple television channels streamed music...
How a ‘revolutionary’ CCTV movie captures a stunning US killing
Our mantra as a film team was really ‘show and not tell’. You don’t have to beat audiences over the head with advocacy – Geeta Gandbhir Director Geeta Gandbhir’s reconstruction...
The rationale artwork heists exploded within the Seventies
Like the guard injured during the Worcester Art Museum robbery, security employees rarely carried arms – and, as portrayed mockingly in The Mastermind, they could often be dozy “retirees” or...
Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? 🧐
It’s over five years since COVID-19 broke out and changed the world. Yet many are still reluctant to discuss it’s impact. Nevertheless, the fallout stays with us, institutionally, economically and...
Left alone to find one another
LEBANON 2011. I’d moved to Lebanon to study, after the Israelis had banned me from re-entering Palestine. A friend had already arrived a few weeks before me. Hearing of an...
The Resilient Solipsist 🗽🇺🇸
It is safe to predict that the second Trump presidency will go down in American history as the most divisive ever. Everything to say about its first six months has...
