Spotlight: Time Travel
The consequences of time travel can be very serious, affecting not only the traveller but their entire universe (we all…
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Parting Shots: Travel by Map
Tom Bielby highlights how a trick used to save filmmakers time and money, as well as keeping narrative momentum, has…
Parting Shots: The crow as a harbinger of doom
Throughout history the appearance of a crow has been synonymous with impending doom, and numerous film-makers have employed this folklore…
Brilliant Failure: Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi, 1978)
It could be argued that the majority of Ralph Bakshi’s career encompasses the phrase ‘Brilliant Failure’, with his offbeat adult…
Parting Shots: Deers in films
There is something elusive and majestic about deers that film directors seem unable to ignore. These beautiful animals have appeared…
Lost Classic: Peppermint Candy (Lee Chang-dong, 2000)
At the end of the 19th Century, the Lumiere brothers’ short film Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895)…
