Nadira Begum
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Sense and Sensibility Has Always Been About Sisterhood
Georgia Oakley’s Regency drama is the latest adaptation of a woman-penned classic novel that foregrounds the bonds between sisters over romance. All the best ones do, writes Nadira Begum.
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Spielberg’s Aliens Always Respond to the Moment
From Close Encounters to E.T. and now Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg has consistently used aliens – and characters’ reactions to them – to comment on America’s evolving sociopolitical anxieties about immigration, government overreach, terrorism and more. By Nadira Begum
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15 Best Anne Hathaway Movies – Ranked
From Oscar-winning performances to cult favourites and romantic classics, explore the best Anne Hathaway films. By Nadira Begum
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Why We Still Love Mission: Impossible’s Ethan Hunt
As the original Mission: Impossible celebrates its 30th anniversary, Nadira Begum argues that the film serves as a blueprint for the action franchise as a whole, particularly with regard to Tom Cruise’s character. Since 1996, he’s been a self-assured but sensitive spy whose deadliest weapon is his charisma.
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It’s About Time a Female Director Depicted the Bride of Frankenstein
For nearly a century, male filmmakers have misrepresented Mary Shelley’s female creature, stripping away her voice, complexity and bodily autonomy. Here, Nadira Begum outlines the patriarchal overtones of these interpretations, and looks ahead to Maggie Gyllenhaal’s reinvention of the character in The Bride!
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Why Do Filmmakers Keep Whitewashing Gothic Literature?
As another white actor takes on the canonically brown role of Heathcliff, Nadira Begum investigates the worrying trend of directors refusing to engage with the racial politics of Gothic novels when bringing them to the big screen.