Mark and Ellen explore if movies and television can change the world and even the law. Read more
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Films That Changed the World
Mark and Ellen explore if movies and television can change the world and even the law.
Meryl Streep
Mark Kermode and Ellen E Jones ask - is Meryl Streep the greatest actress of our time?
Love Triangles
Ellen and Mark ask how screen love triangles reflect the sexual politics of the times.
The Western
Ellen and Mark examine the enduring popularity of a genre that seems to refuse to die.
Do the Right Thing
Ellen and Mark celebrate Spike Lee's incendiary 1989 drama about simmering racial tension.
Pop Idols
Ellen and Mark look at how popstars, and their fans, have been depicted in film and TV.
Mermaids
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode take a deep ‘dive' into the world of mermaids on screen.
Shock Value
Mark Kermode and Ellen E Jones ask if we still go to the movies to be shocked.
Prisons
As The Shawshank Redemption turns 30, Ellen and Mark explore life behind bars on screen.
