This week we take a trip to the Bronx with Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing where Lauren tells us about the fire hydrant scene for part 20 of Deconstructing Cinema
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, four passenger jets were hijacked. While three of them reached their targets, one of them didn’t. This is Flight 93’s story.
Written and directed by Paul Greengrass, United 93 is a minute-by-minute account of how NORAD, the FAA and NSA failed to act as the events September 11th unfolded.
Rachid Bouchareb writes and directs London River, a film which plays out against the backdrop of the July 7th bombings in the UK’s capital, but does it sidestep the issues?
Let’s be really honest for a minute, how often do you lie? Deception expert Dr Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) can tell when you’re lying, and also what you’re lying about.
The world comes to a halt as a sensory-depriving virus spreads internationally, but epidemiologist Susan is too busy making out with Ewan McGregor to save it…
Drive, directed by Nicolas Refn, is an impeccably dressed piece of film, with spot-on cinematography and performances, not to mention a fantastic soundtrack.
Filmed over ten years, My Big Break follows a handful of Hollywood housemates including Chad Lindberg and Wes Bentley as they face the unexpected consequences of fame.
Page One takes us inside the offices of The New York Times for a look at how the economy, technology and social media keeps changing the rules of the game.
Each week we take one scene from a movie and deconstruct it to reveal what kind of an impact they’ve had historically and culturally and what they say about us as a society.
Special guest Mark Patton, star of A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2, writes this week’s edition of Deconstructing Cinema with a scene from The Talented Mr Ripley.
Starring Oliver Reed and set in 1648 when King Charles I is captured by Roundhead supporters, a group of Royalist supporters band together to attempt a rescue operation.
Gunnar Bjornstrand brilliantly portrays Tomas, a grieving and lonely pastor suffering from a crisis of faith, in Ingmar Bergman’s superlative monochrome chamber-piece.
Sylvain Chomet’s debut is a wonderful animated Gallic cocktail of cycling, the mafia, retired music hall stars and one devoted grandmother with corrective footwear.
In the futuristic anime Paprika, the DC-Mini allows therapists to enter the dreams of patients, but when it’s stolen, reality and dreams begin to merge as one.
Qaushiq Mukerjee’s Gandu trespasses boundaries of rationality, morality and sex. It smacks at the face of Popular Indian Cinema and marks the beginning of a new genre.
With music by artists such as Lena Machado, Keola Beamer and George Winston, The Descendants soundtrack is an emotional and captivating Hawaiian experience.
Take a trip with Jamie Suckley as he runs us through one of the sickest films to come from New Zealand in the 1990’s – Peter Jackson’s goriously funny Braindead!
It’s no joke, high school can be a real bitch and this is especially true for Veronica Sawyer in the 1989 cult classic, Heathers, a film that paved the way for Mean Girls.