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“What if …” It’s a tantalising prospect for both novelists and film makers alike. It allows creative freedom; a world…

Let me preface this review by declaring one simple fact: I love musicals. I love the lavish costumes; the choreography;…

Decadent. It’s not a word you would typically associate with the horror genre. Yet, that’s exactly what Dario Argento’s 1977…

There are few stereotypes about Italian culture that are readily relied on in cinema, satire and the news. The first,…

Comedy is not only subjective, it’s often a product of time. Humour ages quickly, even something that seems as harmless…

Anyone who thinks that anime is simply full of wide-eyed, giggling young girls and over-the-top fantasy sequences clearly hasn’t seen…

When you think of the American Civil War, chances are you think of grandiose white porches, women in bustling skirts…

My Cousin Rachel is all dressed up as a mystery-romance but it is really, like Rachel herself, a story of…

Craig Zobel’s 2012 film Compliance has prompted extreme reactions since its release. When it toured the festival circuit, people walked…

Phenomena (also known as Creepers) is set in the so-called “Swiss Transylvania” and follows young high schooler Jennifer Carvino (played…