Backseat Mafia

The seemingly endless Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East has been documented countless times over the decades. However, this coverage has mainly focused on the …

Rudolf Nureyev was the most famous male ballet dancer of his generation, and arguably of all time. The Russian started out life in poverty but …

Japan is unique in the way that manga is integrated and enshrined in its culture.  Whilst comics fill the shelves of stores, anime floods onto …

It would be a severe understatement to say that Robert Aldrich was a bit of a maverick. As well as making some extraordinary cinema the …

During the second half of the twentieth century, there were very few American film makers who could hold a torch to Brian De Palma. With …

Bold, brutal, bloody and brilliant

Over the past couple of decades, the idea of zombies or re-animated creatures has proliferated in popular culture across the globe. This has resulted in …

If you’re like me, a child who grew up in the ‘80s, the DeLorean was an iconic car. This is almost entirely down to the …

Some actors have a distinctive screen presence. The ability to send a chill down your spine with just a look or a few carefully chosen …

Not all films set on a vessel are tales of endurance, loss and triumph or involve a battle of wits with a nefarious sea creature. …