The Director: In the short sixteen years since David Fincher’s directorial debut, he has only made one film that has fallen below what was otherwise a consistent level of excellence. Critically, different viewers may have more negative opinions on his work, especially Alien 3. After building a successful career in the world of music videos, Fincher attempted to move from the world of pop stars to the world of movie stars.

Examining one of David Fincher's most under rated films. Is this chamber piece thriller actually a black comedy in disguise? This episode also features an extended look back at Fincher's career thus far.

A shot by shot, moment by moment analysis of the first five minutes of John McTiernan's 1988 action movie classic Die Hard. What do these moments establish for the remainder of the film?

Exposition and set-up are crucial to the success of a large number of films. What distinguishes the superior films is the ease and subtly with which both exposition and set-up is revealed and or explored. John McTiernan’s 1988 action movie classic Die Hard is widely considered one of the greatest action movie ever made. Personally it is one of my favourite films of all time - it’s not without its flaws but is endlessly enjoyable.

Genre is examined in relation to this cult classic from 1980, John Landis' critically disastrous but culturally successful screw-ball comedy is tonally erratic which is both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness.

John Landis directed The Blues Brothers in 1980; it can at once be described as a screw-ball comedy, an action comedy, a music showcase movie, or a musical. But which of these categories best fits this bizarre feature film? For the uninitiated: The Blues Brothers is the story of Jake and Elwood Blues two brothers who grow up in an orphanage run by the Catholic Church.

The early 1990’s in Hollywood belonged to one man, director, writer, and actor: Quentin Tarantino, much has been written about his successes in two of the three roles listed here, and how he radically changed the way main stream cinema was drafted in Hollywood. Here today the question is simple, which is his finest film?

An examination of all six of the pop culture king's directorial efforts, Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill Vol.1 (2003) Kill Bill Vol.2 (2004) and Death Proof (2007).

Morality tales are one of the last shared languages of the world, using a metaphorical story that applies and has relevance to most of the societies in the world. Like the science fiction and fantasy genre, the horror can make a commentary about events in the world without any direct narrative link to them.

Part five of five in a series asking whether horror movies are the modern day equivalent of the classical morality tales from the years before cinema. This week draws conclusions from the content discussed in the previous episodes and through comparisons with the Science Fiction genre.