BBC’s Threads (1984) | Orwellian nuclear nightmare
Mick Jackson’s docu-drama opens with a warning: “In an urban society, everything connects. Each person’s needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are woven together in […]
Mick Jackson’s docu-drama opens with a warning: “In an urban society, everything connects. Each person’s needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are woven together in […]
Psychology tropes in films first gained momentum around the same time Freud’s psychoanalytic movement did. Specific to the subjects of repressed memory and dream psychology, Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound back in […]
You may have heard of the excellent 2011 British horror film Kill List, a collaboration between Ben Wheatley and Amy Jump. Fast forward to 2012 and they’ve reunited to produce […]
It is difficult to find comedies that elicit genuine laughter these days and The Thick Of It distinguishes itself. A cold open format demands attention right away before the humor […]
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends. This is an intimate human drama told with a […]