Locke: cracks in the foundations
An examination of a life falling apart in the film 'Locke'.
Rachel Helen Smith (née Thorpe) is a writer based in Cambridge, UK.
An examination of a life falling apart in the film 'Locke'.
Rachel Helen Smith considers two recent developments in film: horror and 3D. Karl Marx famously claimed, "Religion is the opiate of the…
What can we learn from the current obsession for nostalgia?
A review of the Oscar winning film 'Gravity' considers the themes of isolation, death, sacrifice and rebirth.
The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and the…
Vincent Van Gogh is now a solid fixture in our cultural vocabulary. I need only mention sunflowers or a bandaged ear to conjure up his life…
I'm not sure exactly what makes someone a phenomenon, but anyone who has managed to win 62 music awards in two years and has produced a…
“It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.” So croons popular singer Paolo Nutini in a song on his latest album Sunny Side…
Reality TV now seems to be everywhere. What does it tell us about what is real and what is true? And what does it say about God?