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Thomas H. Sheriff

Film

Donkey Power: The History Of Cinema’s Favourite Sidekick

There's a trend for donkeys in 2023 Oscars favourites, but cinema's relationship with the animal traces much further back, finds Thomas H. Sheriff
Film

Apocalypse Now: How Anime Offers A Solution To Our Global Crisis

While 2020 has undoubtedly been apocalyptic, a number of anime re-releases speak to our global crisis and offer a solution grounded in humanity, finds Thomas H. Sheriff
Low Culture Essay

Low Culture 12: The Beach Boys In The 1970s

By the early seventies The Beach Boys were struggling to find relevance, says Thomas Sheriff, but then they released some of their best music, which can now be seen as an essential reflection of the era
Film

Be Kind, Rewind: Lessons From The Cross Pollination Of The 1960s And 1970s

As new releases are currently sparse, looking back to past successes of cross-pollination in action films feels crucial. Spaghetti Westerns borrowed from Kurosawa, Bruce Lee built a bridge between East and West. Thomas H. Sheriff looks back on a decade of cultural frenzy
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Lap Me Up: The Surrealism Of Sexy Beast At 20

Jonathan Glazer made a hot, high-stakes Geezer film in Sexy Beast – but the film's legacy 20 years on is more interesting when considering its background in surrealism, finds Thomas H. Sheriff
Film

Picture This: Are Any Books Truly Unfilmable?

With Denis Villeneuve's new take on Dune now just shy of a year away, the question of which stories we tell onscreen arises once more, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

Film

I Wish I Was Special: The Irony Of Anima

Thom Yorke's latest project warns of the dangers of cultural overconsumption, but the very nature of its existence poses an unavoidable tension, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

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