The 10 best debut movies of the 1970s
An extraordinary decade for first-time directors.
The Wicker Man
Five directors who made one great movie and then vanished off the face of the planet
These directors weren’t the next big thing, after all.
Director Neil LaBute on what went wrong with the ‘Wicker Man’ remake: “Too many cooks in the kitchen”
A growing cult classic in its own right.
“Britain’s collective nervous breakdown”: Rupert Russell on ‘The Last Sacrifice’, folk horror, and the real-life murder that inspired ‘The Wicker Man’
This isn’t the story of one murder – it’s the story of a nation in crisis.
The movies Nicolas Cage hates the most: “I think they’re disgusting”
Cage’s most hated sub-genre might surprise you.
From Ancient Rome to the pre-Raphaelites: how did paganism originate?
A further discussion about the contemporary obsession.
