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It’s a favourite Christmas film in households across the world – but how did the muppet take on Charles Dickens become such an unlikely enduring classic? A Jim Henson expert explains.
For aficionados of Christmas cinema, the good and the bad, Christmas Ransom is light hearted and silly enough to be bearable.
An academic has developed a system to measure how much the golden ratio aligns with the plot elements of our all-time favourite Christmas films.
It’s the story of a man who just wants to get home for Christmas.
The real problem may be that a burden of representation means these narratives must ‘do it all’
Home Alone is a beloved Christmas classic now 30-years-old – but it gets dark. Really dark.
For so many people, Christmas movies are a link with a happy and safe childhood home.
We have an innate desire to be reminded of darkness and mortality during the festive season.
Most modern Christmas films angle for comedy with a touch of schmaltz, but literary Christmases frequently tap into the anxiety and sadness that can accompany the “happiest time of year”.
Christmas is a time for nostalgia, a time where even the most hardened cynics among us might reflect on our Christmases past with a certain warmth. And there’s no better way to set aside the slings and…
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