It's Hammer Time — by becca g on

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Yes. Yes I did use that pun. 

Adding A Dash OF Colour — by becca g on

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The surprising effect that seeing some of our most famous historical pictures in colour can have...

Haunted by a Native Son: Thoughts on Richard Wright's Masterpiece — by becca g on

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"You cannot make me do nothing but die"

Double Double Toil And Trouble — by becca g on

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"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "Er...a witch, obviously!"

Edgar Allan Poe: The Darkest Things Can Be Found Within Yourself — by becca g on

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"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

Real Horror Is Found In the Everyday Story — by becca g on

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If you really want nightmares this Halloween...

This Month's — by becca g on

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What sums up France perfectly? Yep, you guessed it...their beautiful women. 

The Intouchables (2011): A Beautiful Bromance — by becca g on

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Things aren't always just black and white

Thoughts on James Baldwin's Essay Equal In Paris — by becca g on

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The laughter of the unaffected...

Le Gone du Chaâba: Wide-eyed innocence from Azouz Begag — by tamara-jade k on

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A French Algerian's autobiographical novel about growing up in the slums

Les Revenants: A Slow Burner — by becca g on

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French Zombie Apocalypse...pfft. 

La Haine (1996): 'The World Is Yours' — by becca g on

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It's not the fall that matters...It's the landing.

This Month's — by becca g on

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There's one member of Hollywood whose spent his whole life dealing with one preoccupation ...

There's something about Manet: Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe — by tamara-jade k on

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Nudity, beardy men, food... sounds like my kind of picnic!

Only God Forgives (2013): An Obsession With Revenge — by becca g on

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An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind

The Road to El Dorado (2000): Bright Shiny Things — by becca g on

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I don't understand how people can forget about this one...

Devoted to Destruction: Love in Bronte's Wuthering Heights — by becca g on

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Because everybody loves a Bad Boy, right? 

Fatal Attraction (1987) 'I Mean, I'm Not Gonna Be Ignored Dan!' — by becca g on

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Glenn Close teaches the audience about so much more than avoiding Bunny Boilers...

This Month's: — by becca g on

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June's theme has been 'Bright Young Things', and there could only ever be one...

Y Tu Mama También (2001): 'Do You Ever Wish You Could Live Forever?' — by becca g on

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None of that Hollywood crap romanticising sex and death, it's all about reality. 

Spring Breakers (2012): 'Bikinis 'n' Big Booties Ya'll' — by becca g on

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Harmony Korine's film is a 16 year-old-boy's wet dream.

Child Genius: A Blessing Or a Curse? — by becca g on

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What do you do when your kid is an actual 'know-it-all'?

Damsels In Distress (2011): You Think You Had Problems... — by becca g on

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There are so many important life lessons these girls want to teach you.

Wasted Youth: A Warning From Fitzgerald's Tender is The Night — by becca g on

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Forget Gatsby, this is the best novel Fitzgerald ever wrote...

This Month's: — by tamara-jade k on

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May's theme has been 'Outsiders' - here are a few of our faves...

Luther: Alice + John 4ever — by tamara-jade k on

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Why can't they get married and have babies and live happily ever after?

Talhotblond (2009): Internalised misogyny from Barbara Schroeder — by tamara-jade k on

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The dangers of the internet, with a side order of sexism

West Of Memphis (2012): 'This is nothing out of the ordinary' — by becca g on

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When being an Outsider costs you your life

Jean Rhys: 'I'm a stranger and always will be' — by becca g on

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Falling in love with the perennial outsider; Jean Rhys

Pariah (2011): 'I'm not running, I'm choosing.' — by tamara-jade k on

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Director Dee Rees' debut feature-length about learning to live for yourself

Working Class Hero: Cromwell in Hilary Mantel's Bring Up The Bodies — by becca g on

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Exploring the man behind Hilary Mantel's triumphant Bring Up The Bodies

Laid Bare: Girls in Dijkstra's Beach Portraits — by tamara-jade k on

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 A tribute to the alienation of adolescence

Paris Is Burning (1990): 'It's Got To Be Real' — by becca g on

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A love letter to Jennie Livingston's seminal documentary on NYC ball culture