The idea of the ousting of Snowball in Animal Farm was of course modelled after Leon Trotsky, but I would contend that what Orwell saw as the lies of the PSUC in Spain were also a large influence on ...

His ability to craft haunting, gothic atmospheres with archetypal imagery aligned perfectly with the spirit of the original. The 1922 film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror emerged as a solution to a ...

In Dead Poets Society (1989), director Peter Weir and writer Tom Schulman explore the restrictive gender expectations placed on young men, particularly within the walls of Welton Academy, a ...

Ridley Scott is the director behind many classic films such as Alien (1979), Thelma and Louise (1991) and of course Gladiator (2000). Yet, over recent years his latest projects notably seem to be ...

Cancel Culture has silenced as many voices as it has elevated, if not more. Stemming from the late 2010s, Cancel Culture has been used as a tool for justice, and has seen a massive surge in popular ...

“A shocking video goes viral, a revolution sparks. People are dying, paranoia is growing.” Elinor Cook’s play is described as “hard hitting, exploring the complexities of revolution”. But how have the ...

One of the main reasons sequels resonate is their ability to evoke nostalgia. Take Top Gun: Maverick (2022), a sequel to the 1986 classic Top Gun. Decades later, audiences were reintroduced to Pete ...

York Theatre Royal is currently showcasing the pantomime Aladdin, which will run until 5th January 2025 and celebrates the theatre’s fifth collaboration with award-winning Evolution Productions. The ...

Among the array of this year’s long-awaited Christmas specials was a programme that had not graced our screens since its previous stand-alone episode in 2019: that of the Brockman family in ...