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December 19, 2018

Netflix strikes another blow against the old school film industry – but cinema is not dead yet

Martin Carter, Sheffield Hallam University

Oscar winning performances released straight to your home.

December 3, 2018

Wizard of Oz: why this extraordinary movie has been so influential

Brian Hoyle, University of Dundee

The 1939 classic has influenced more films than any other film before or since.

October 2, 2018

Tom Waits in a cowboy hat: five musicians who were born to be in Westerns

Martin Hall, York St John University

What is it about Westerns that tempts so many musicians into ten-gallon hats?

The Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar! romps through several genres, and only occasionally wallows in self-indulgence. Image courtesy of Universal Pictures International

February 25, 2016

Hail, Caesar! or Hollywood, at least

Ari Mattes, University of Notre Dame Australia

The Coen brothers may have returned to form with the genre-spinning Hail, Caesar! It still remains to be seen if they'll ever reach the heights of their glory days again.

A girl lights a candle during a candlelight vigil. How does tragedy square with the idea of a loving, omnipotent god? Rupak De Chowdhuri

September 21, 2014

A moral world in which bad things happen to good people

Timothy Stanley, University of Newcastle

On All Saints Day in 1755 the earth quaked beneath the city of Lisbon. Crowds rushed to open spaces near the sea only to be engulfed by a tsunami. The philosopher Voltaire lamented the tragedy in his Poem…

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