Be servile, or die. During the 1930s Catholic agencies set to reshape Hollywood’s films, creating a cultural product that presented exemplars of pro-Catholic sexual virtues. Alexander McGregor, author of The Catholic Church in Hollywood, explains how and why. Continue reading »
Tag Archives: Film
Why Mamma Mia! Matters
This month sees the release of our book on the much maligned, but also much loved Mamma Mia! The Movie, so it seems a good time for Melanie Williams to revisit the film with specific reference to female authorship. Continue reading »
Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western
Tarantino’s Django Unchained has renewed interest in Italy’s westerns of the 1960s. But what are these films about? Austin Fisher argues that labelling them as ‘political’ overlooks their complexity of engagement. Continue reading »
Meeting Bilbo Again for the First Time
Lynnette Porter. Continue reading »
Won’t Somebody Think of the Children?: Remembering Alien
Tom Phillips. Continue reading »
Will Brooker’s Top Ten Films for Sight & Sound
‘Famous Jewish Sports Legends’
Nathan Abrams. Continue reading »
Dark Knight Revealed: What the Film is Really About
Will Brooker. Continue reading »
POW! Batman’s Greatest Film and Television Hits
Will Brooker. Continue reading »
This is Uncanny: Number-play in Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’
Lee Unkrich and Roger Erik Tinch. Continue reading »