Category: Film

It would be fair to say that the period from 1977 to 1986 could be considered a Golden Age for science fiction cinema, particularly for devotees of space

A 1975 espionage thriller directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, the fourth of their seven collaborations, Three Days of the Condor is an adaptation of James

With the advent of the Space Race in the early nineteen sixties, the American film industry turned its attention once more to a genre which had been languishing

“When we were making the first Edgar Allan Poe film, House of Usher… I had no idea that I would be making a series of them,” recalls Roger

It is no secret that Hollywood is the Ouroboros, the snake that consumes itself, endlessly remaking and reinventing, hoping to create itself anew so the audience doesn’t realise

To many he will forever be associated with the Monty Python team, where he influenced the visual style of their Flying Circus, most particularly in the linking animations

In a much more personal editorial piece than our normal critical anaylysis, Alaster Philips takes an enthusiastic look at the work of the Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, best

Successful writers have often featured prominently in the work of Stephen King – the published novelists Ben Mears in ‘Salem’s Lot and Bill Denbrough of It, the poet

In our latest lesson for Geek School, feature write Les Anderson has cast his discerning eye over the body of work of director Joe Dante, reminiscing over such

Recently screened at the Edinburgh Filmhouse in an event arranged by the British Science Association, Geek Chocolate looks back on this beloved film and asks how does this