The United States of America today are home to one of the most religious societies in the world; it certainly is the most religious western democracy. Despite increasing secularisation and ever more abandoned pews in modern Europe, it defies the sociologist theory that modernisation and secularisation necessarily go hand in hand. And for the past …
Electronic publishing, or e-publishing, emerged into the open from the depths of corporate and university archives as part of the late 1990s “dot com” hysteria. Reminiscent of fears that television would bring about the end of the newspaper business, or the Internet the end of television, some dreaded the advent of e-publishing as the new …
In 1999, director David Fincher brought to the cinema Fight Club, the début novel of American author Chuk Palahniuk, adapted by Jim Uhls. Packed with layer upon layer of themes, meanings, and possible interpretations, the film offers so much to its audience, it demands to be viewed over and over again. However, experience has shown …
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) today is as fascinating as it was upon its conception. Numerous different aspects of the film have been discussed and emphasised, from its unique story structure to its inventive use of camera and lighting, from its political messages about New Deal culture and the risks of American isolationism to its …