Steven Spielberg’s War Horse turns the beautiful English countryside into a character in itself, but the film is by no means the only time the director has celebrated the land. We look at uses of nature in the cinema of Steven Spielberg
We take a look at how Steven Spielberg uses framing and red herrings during a key sequence in his classic Jaws…
We look at how Steven Spielberg used digital animation to evolve his visual style and turn Herge’s iconic Tintin character into a uniquely Spielbergian film
How Jurassic Park made us realise the power of film
Is it really so wrong for a film to be sentimental? QotM investigates
It should have been the perfect match. Peter Pan and Steven Spielberg: the boy who couldn’t grow up and the director who wouldn’t. But Hook, Spielberg’s revisionist take on a middle-aged Pan, is anything but perfect.
Why do critics find it so hard to simply enjoy simple, care-free films? The Pursuit of Happiness takes a look at why comfort cinema is so badly regarded…