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The Man in the Machine: Science Fiction, Language and The Terminal
The Man in the Machine: Science Fiction, Language and The Terminal
How Spielberg channels Chaplin’s Modern Times in his overlooked comedy, The Terminal
Paul Bullock
Feb 10, 2019
One-Player Game: Connection, Fantasy and Ready Player One
One-Player Game: Connection, Fantasy and Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg returns to the kind of film-making he made his name in and asks if movies are disconnecting us from the world
Paul Bullock
Mar 22, 2018
Defiance Defines Democracy: The Post and the Structures of Power
Defiance Defines Democracy: The Post and the Structures of Power
Steven Spielberg uses structures to symbolise masculine and feminine power in his masterful look at the freedom of the press, The Post
Paul Bullock
Jan 25, 2018
History and Hope: How Spielberg Remembers the Past Through Objects
History and Hope: How Spielberg Remembers the Past Through Objects
History must be remembered, Steven Spielberg insists, and he tells us this through his symbolic use of objects.
Paul Bullock
Dec 21, 2017
Escape with Reality: Spielberg’s Virtual Worlds
Escape with Reality: Spielberg’s Virtual Worlds
Ready Player One isn’t the first time Steven Spielberg’s taken on virtual worlds. This essay explores how the director tackles fantasy and…
Paul Bullock
Aug 28, 2017
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: An Oral History
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: An Oral History
“Temple of Doom contains not an ounce of my personal feeling,” said Steven Spielberg in the build-up to the release of Indiana Jones and…
Paul Bullock
Aug 2, 2017
Catch the Myth: Decoding the Ready Player One trailer
Catch the Myth: Decoding the Ready Player One trailer
At the height of his power in the 1980s, Steven Spielberg clarified his relationship with cinematic escapism. “I don’t want audiences to…
Paul Bullock
Jul 23, 2017
Kids Riding Bicycles: Steven Spielberg and the Empowerment of Children
Kids Riding Bicycles: Steven Spielberg and the Empowerment of Children
Steven Spielberg is well known for his films about children. But how does he use objects to drive wonder and empower his child characters?
Paul Bullock
Jun 22, 2017
Jurassic Park: The Wonder of Cinema and Learning
Jurassic Park: The Wonder of Cinema and Learning
I fell in love with cinema when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. The year was 1993, I was 10 years old, and Jurassic Park had just been released…
Paul Bullock
Jun 5, 2017
The Human Machine: A.I. and Our Hunt for Perfection
The Human Machine: A.I. and Our Hunt for Perfection
It’s the late 21st Century and the world is no longer our own. The oceans have risen up and taken over the land. New York, once the summit…
Paul Bullock
Jun 4, 2017
Lonely Hearts: Spielberg, Loneliness and the Longing to Belong
Lonely Hearts: Spielberg, Loneliness and the Longing to Belong
“Everything has to start with fear. Loss, loneliness, being challenged and pursued by big forces. [The BFG is] the loneliest story I think…
Paul Bullock
May 27, 2017
Why Indiana Jones still matters
Why Indiana Jones still matters
When the announcement of a fifth Indiana Jones film was made in March 2016, the reception from fans was mixed. While some were excited…
Paul Bullock
May 26, 2017
The Lost World at 20: Growing Up and the Sad Case of the Velociraptor Pencil Tin
The Lost World at 20: Growing Up and the Sad Case of the Velocirapt...
It was a great pencil case. Rectangular, about 6 inches long, and made of metal, so technically a pencil tin, if you’re a pencil case…
Paul Bullock
May 21, 2017
Schindler’s List and documenting history through a movie camera
Schindler’s List and documenting history through a movie camera
It’s 1982 and Steven Spielberg is a hero to children around the world. His previous film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, has proven a huge…
Paul Bullock
May 21, 2017
Saving Captain Miller: Spielberg, Private Ryan and the Morality of War
Saving Captain Miller: Spielberg, Private Ryan and the Morality of War
How do you make sense of the madness of war? It’s an almost impossible question, but one that Steven Spielberg attempts to answer in Saving…
Paul Bullock
May 14, 2017
Video Essay: Building vulnerability and tension in Jurassic Park
Video Essay: Building vulnerability and tension in Jurassic Park
From Roy Neary’s discovery of Devil’s Tower through his TV set to the slippers that Lincoln leaves behind him when he takes his son to bed…
Paul Bullock
Mar 21, 2017
The Death of Identity: Spielberg and Empire of the Sun
The Death of Identity: Spielberg and Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun has been called Steven Spielberg’s ‘death of innocence’ film, but that description doesn’t quite capture the true…
Paul Bullock
Mar 12, 2017
The Generation of Writers: Spielberg, Dyslexia and the Written Word
The Generation of Writers: Spielberg, Dyslexia and the Written Word
Across five decades and 30 films, Steven Spielberg has built a reputation as one of cinema’s most unique, innovative, and visually dynamic…
Paul Bullock
Mar 5, 2017
The Enduring Influence: Spielberg and Norman Rockwell
The Enduring Influence: Spielberg and Norman Rockwell
Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies opens with an image borrowed from another great American artist. Spielberg’s camera winds through the…
Paul Bullock
Mar 3, 2017
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