Tag: Film
-
Bond’s drink choice shake-up causes a stir
James Bond has had many faces, but certain habits have remained – chiefly a penchant for martini, shaken not stirred. Now, a search for funds has driven him to beer. Fans are outraged.
-
‘Hunger Games’ leads morbid trend in teen fiction
Tomorrow, fans of the book ‘The Hunger Games’ will flood cinemas for the eagerly anticipated release of the film adaptation. It tells a harrowing tale – and it’s not alone.
-
Dead dictator prank steals the Oscars show
Hot favourite The Artist monopolised the top honours at last night’s Academy Awards, with nostalgia the theme of the night. But Sacha Baron Cohen refused to play to the script...
-
Nominations bring some surprises for Oscars 2012
The nominations are out for the 2012 Academy Awards, with Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ and Michel Hazanavicius’s ‘The Artist’ among the favourites. Why so much love for films about filmmaking?
-
Silent film goes back to basics for surprise hit
In a world of 3D blockbusters and surround sound, a silent, black and white movie has taken cinemas by storm. How has something so simple and old-fashioned done so well?
-
Victorian love saga still pulls in the crowds
A film version of ‘Wuthering Heights’ has cast a striking new light on Emily Brontë’s classic novel. Such adaptations are more popular than ever. What explains their enduring appeal?
-
Blockbuster movie aims to spread fear of pandemic
Disaster film 'Contagion' has been praised for its frightening portrayal of a virulent disease outbreak. Scientists warn that this fictional horror is a real life threat.
-
New film casts spycraft in bleak light
A new film, out this September, paints a bleak picture of Cold War spies who never know what to trust or who to believe. Is information gathered by intelligence agents ever reliable?
-
Latin revivalists try to raise the dead
Statistics show Latin is growing in popularity in different types of schools. So what's the appeal – and the use – of a language no one speaks?
-
The film that launched 80,000 stars
On July 24th last year, a filmmaker asked anyone with a camera to spend a few moments recording their day. Thousands did and now the results are released as a film.
-
Turn off the technology! says filmmaker
A provocative British intellectual argues that technology is making us slaves. Independent thought, he says, is being destroyed by our love of machines.
-
World’s oldest cave paintings to become screen stars
A 3D documentary takes us inside the closed cavern of Chauvet in the south of France, where lions, mammoths and bears painted by our ancestors 32,000 years ago come to life.
-
The unsolved mystery of Rome’s ‘Lost Legion’
Ancient Rome's crack troops, the Ninth Legion, fought all over Europe until they disappeared mysteriously in Britain. Their story intrigues us, but is it true?
-
Media empire takes step to world domination
Britain's biggest news company might be about to get bigger. With so much of the media in the hands of so few, should we be worried?
-
Mean! Moody! Magnificent! Until you met her
Jane Russell was forgotten for sixty years, but yesterday she appeared on every front page. Why do film stars get such special treatment in death?