The Ozark Mountains of Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone is a place of strict social order, maintained by silence and voilence. Nick Ingram takes a closer look at the chilling world
The trouble with Don Draper
Ever wondered why Mad Men’s Don Draper drinks and womanises so much? It’s because he’s carrying the weight of American history along with his own neuroses, says Nick Ingram, who takes a closer look at the show
I love Juliette Binoche
Nick Ingram admits it -he’s in love with Juliette Binoche… well, her acting anyway. And he can prove it. He takes a look at her acting, especially in her Cannes best actress award-winning performance Certified Copy and comes out, well, adoring her
Gainsbourg, surrealism, Piaf, realism
Nick Ingram takes a look at realism, surrealism and the aesthetic of cinema as demonstrated in two takes on French icons of Serge Gainsbourg in Gainsbourg and Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose
Power, domination and free will in movies
Nick Ingram takes a look at power, domination and free will in movies, taking Dogtooth, Agroa and The Girl On The Train as examples
