By Dennis Broe Nautilus, a reimagining of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, is a triumph of a series, in which the villains are the thinly... Continue reading
By Noel Brown There is a long history of radical children’s film and television. This statement might seem – if not quite radical – then at least... Continue reading
Adam Curtis, Shifty, 2025, film still. Courtesy: the artist and BBC Dennis Broe reviews the latest offering from Adam Curtis The French philosopher Gilles Deleuze said editing is... Continue reading
Children in Gaza waiting to be served food Republished from Media Lens BBC News regularly proclaims its supposed editorial principles of fearless, independent, impartial, fair and accurate... Continue reading
Amanda Seyfried as a working-class cop in Long Bright River By Dennis Broe There are some hits, some misses and some mixed series coming audiences’ way this... Continue reading
Social media, commons image by Alan McGuire In an age where the media is defined by algorithms, the rise of figures like Andrew Tate is no accident.... Continue reading
By Dennis Broe One of the key phrases circulating within the streaming TV series industry is “post-peak” TV. The boom is over, except for possibly Netflix one... Continue reading
by Dennis Broe Adolescence, Netflix’ four-part single-take, real-time series about a schoolboy knifing, is the streamer’s most popular series of all time in Britain and in many... Continue reading
Mussolini, the march on Rome, 1922 by Jon Baldwin Mussolini: Son of the Century is an eight-part historical drama biopic which has just completed its run on... Continue reading
by John Green Malcolm Hulke – known to friends and colleagues as “Mac” – is one of those now forgotten scriptwriters for TV and cinema, who was... Continue reading