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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thirty one years after the infamous penguin’s debut, Feathers McGraw makes a return with Vengeance Most Fowl. Where previous adventures have seen the dynamic duo going to the moon, facing off against ...

“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 ...

Can the actions of one person ignite change?” This is the question at the heart of Parliament Square, a “brutal yet empathetic” political play which explores the complexities surrounding the ...

Echobelly debuted in the early 1990s and is a duo made up of Sonya Madan and Glenn Johansson. They are known for their indie-rock/ ‘Britpop’ style as well as the contrasts they had with other ...