Film: styles & Genres

At the time of its release in 2007, The Bourne Ultimatum was described by one writer as the blockbuster it was 'okay to like'. What is it about thi...

The story of an all-female caving expedition gone horribly wrong, The Descent (2005) is arguably the best of the mid-2000s horror entries to return...

The story of an all-female caving expedition gone horribly wrong, The Descent (2005) is arguably the best of the mid-2000s horror entries to return...

No-one who has ever seen the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is ever likely to forget the experience. An intense fever dream (or night...

No-one who has ever seen the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is ever likely to forget the experience. An intense fever dream (or night...

Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel, Carrie (1976), is one of the defining films of 1970s New Hollywood style and a horror cl...

Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel, Carrie (1976), is one of the defining films of 1970s New Hollywood style and a horror cl...

Few filmmakers could even attempt the fearlessness of Andrei Tarkovskys cinema and his most ambitious work, Stalker (1977), is arguably the most th...

The makers of Brainstorm (1983) spent more than a decade transferring the revolutionary concept of an empathy machine from page to screen, only for...

Ex Machina (2014) impressed critics and audiences alike with its bold ideas and all-too-realistic depiction of the unexpected consequences of const...

Few filmmakers could even attempt the fearlessness of Andrei Tarkovskys cinema and his most ambitious work, Stalker (1977), is arguably the most th...

Ex Machina (2014) impressed critics and audiences alike with its bold ideas and all-too-realistic depiction of the unexpected consequences of const...

In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically and in the popular imagina...

In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically and in the popular imagina...

In this accessible introduction to early and silent cinema, which is currently enjoying a renaissance, both academically and in the popular imagina...

When Candyman was released in 1992, Roger Ebert gave it his thumbs up, remarking that the film was scaring him with ideas and gore, rather than jus...

Witchfinder General (1968), known as The Conqueror Worm in America, was directed by Michael Reeves and occupies a unique place in British cinema. E...

A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in American film and popula...

Analyses mid-twentieth century British spy thrillers as resistance to political oppression'Espionage and Exile' demonstrates that from the 1930s th...

What links Italian neorealism to Django Unchained, French comic books to Third-World insurgency, and Bollywood song-and-dance to Eastern Bloc film ...

Explores the connections and tensions between Warner Bros. and the Roosevelt administration during 1933Harry and Jack Warner were among the most im...

One of the most visually striking traditions in cinema, for too long Expressionism has been a neglected critical category of research in film histo...

Exposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, Cine...

The first book-length English-language study of Hong Kong horror filmsDumplings stuffed with diabolical fillings. Sword-wielding zombies. Hopping c...