Ellen and Mark investigate the relationship between graphic novels and film, asking if the graphic novel is an inherently cinematic artform.Mark talks to critic and lifelong comics fan, Kambole Campbell about the history of comics and graphic novels on the silver screen. Mark the ...Afficher plus
Leading Men
As movie megastar Tom Cruise returns to our screens, and the world awaits the revelation of the next James Bond, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode examine the evolution of the leading man.Critic and broadcaster Christina Newland talks to Mark about the changing face of the Hollywood ...Afficher plus
Dystopias are a longstanding staple of film and literature, particularly science fiction, but what can we learn from them? Do they simply entrench despair or act as a prompt to improve the world? And what do The Two Ronnies have to do with all this? As a stage adaptation of Kay D ...Afficher plus
Filmmaker/TFH Guru/Cinema Aficionado Edgar Wright returns to discuss a few of his favorite cinematic dystopian futures with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) The Running Man (2025) Hellzapoppin (194 ...Afficher plus
Josie Long hears stories drawn from the silver screen. Luke Skywalker helps Joe Dunthorne reckon with his own mortality, the writer Ross Sutherland explores the hidden history of the audience and Amanda Foster offers an insight into the life of a stuntwoman. Luke Deathbringer Fea ...Afficher plus
03 – How To Run An Efficient Dystopia – Taylorism and Science Fiction Cities
George & Luke survey three dystopian cities; the glass perfection of Yvegny Zamyatin’s ‘We’, the consumer World State of Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, and the shattered ruin of George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Competing visions of technological progress gone awry, and the real-world ...Afficher plus