Even well-received efforts in the genre can age like crab meat in a locked car. Rod Lurie’s The Contender was one of the best ...

Written and directed by an ex-film critic, Rod Lurie, The Contender is great fun. It proves that at least Lurie's days at the movies weren't wasted. If only by default, he's learned the skills of ...

Dr Stevie Simkin uncovers how the BBFC's response to Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs has shaped their censorship policy on sexual violence for the last three decades If you’ve read something you love on ...