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 […]
Category Archives: England
Trance (2013) | Do your hipster head bob
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 […]
Sightseers
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 […]
The Thick Of It (2005 – 2012)
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 […]
Another Year
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 […]
