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Maternal damnation: Cinema's Worst Mothers

If ever a mother was designed to drive her offspring to crime, depravity and therapy, it was Livia Soprano. The star of David Chase’s acclaimed HBO drama was mob boss Tony (James Gandolfini) — an antihero for our times. But… Continue Reading →

July 15, 2010

Better by Design: a Decade of Great Movie title sequences

Opening credits: are they witty, colourful, innovative, or just the cinematic equivalent of wallpaper? A barrage of production company logos is all very well, but there’s something about a clever combination of words, images – animated or photographic – and… Continue Reading →