Sexual Politics v Artistic Integrity
Film can be a great place to put across one’s political point, but should it be at the expense of …
Jane Austen Spun Off
Two hundred years after her death, films based on Jane Austen’s books are still box office hits. Why is …
History Remade: The Children’s Crusade
How are we to know when legend has been taken as history? A German documentary series called Fairy Tales …
Of Love and Power
Cultures may have completely different customs and values, but underneath it all we are just the same. Suleiman the …
Logan’s Run to The Island
Although never acknowledged as such, ‘The Island’ is clearly a re-make of the classic film, ‘Logan’s Run’. I was …
A Fatal Tryst: The Bogle/Chandler Mystery
At the height of the Cold War, a brilliant physicist and the wife of his colleague are found dead ‘in …
Star Trek and the Feminine
They might have boldly gone where no woman had gone before, but could they have gone further? My television …
Torchwood: Sex, Politics and Integrity
Captain Jack Harkness might be the ideal gay superhero, but has he been burdened by more baggage than he can …
The ‘Flogging Parson’ and the Convict Girl
In colonial New South Wales, a convict girl defies a panel of magistrates and refuses to accuse her master of …