Doctor Who – Nightmare In Silver (Neil Gaiman).

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This review contains spoilers. The hit and miss nature of the this season of Doctor Who continues by providing the viewers with a story that provides in a microcosm, the problems and brilliance that this series has hit upon during … Continue reading →

The Red Shoes (Powell & Pressburger) – Visual Forms of Diegesis.

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The audio-visual theory of diegesis probably does have some form of basic, traditional film theory equivalent.  The splitting of film sound into what the characters and the audience can hear and the differences and problems this can cause are the … Continue reading →

Winstanley (Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo) – Landscape Politics and Folk Aesthetics.

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Though more famous and widely recognised for film restoration and archiving (for which he received an Academy Award for) Kevin Brownlow’s second shared feature film with Andrew Mollo, Winstanley (1975), is a masterpiece of traditional, historic cinema.  It not only … Continue reading →

The Shining – Legacy of Balance In Horror Film Scores.

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While writing about a perceived pivoting moment in horror film scores for a research essay last year, I briefly mentioned towards the end of what I termed “a legacy of balance” within horror film music and film scores.  With the … Continue reading →

Doctor Who – Journey To The Centre Of The Tardis (Stephen Thompson)

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This review contains spoilers. Series 7 of Doctor Who has a very clear change in direction to the previous seasons.  The emphasis changing from a multitude of different styles and forms to a deliberate set of rigid criteria set around … Continue reading →

Hidden (2005) And The Mysteries of VHS Aesthetics – Michael Haneke

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It hasn’t taken long for the medium of VHS to enter the realm of retrograde chic.  During the 2010 Liverpool Biennal Contemporary Arts festival, one of the main pieces that stood out was actually an independent sculpture made entirely for … Continue reading →

Doctor Who – Hide (Neil Cross)

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This review contains spoilers Even from the thirty second trailer of Hide shown at the end of last week’s Cold War, it was pretty clear that a number of influences were going to be worn proudly on the sleeve.  After the atrocious The Rings … Continue reading →

Doctor Who – Cold War (Mark Gatiss)

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This review contains spoilers. In its 50th anniversary year, it’s not surprising that more and more classic villains are making a return to the current series of Doctor Who.  It was a tactic employed during the 25th anniversary that largely worked and, … Continue reading →

The Strange Language of Spam.

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There’s something oddly beautiful about spam.  Like many websites, mine gets its fair share of random, ridiculous comments.  Though it also gets the occasional troll (only last week, a genuine commenter “felt shame on my behalf” for an article) my … Continue reading →

The Persistence of Modernity in Japanese Film Scores – Part 3 (J-Horror, Kwaidan and House)

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Part 1 Part 2 J-Horror and the Balance of Traditional and Modern Asian Music (House and Kwadian) The term J-Horror is often used within the critical evaluation of modern day Japanese film, usually to denote the success of two low … Continue reading →