Associate Professor Lauren Rosewarne

The first US presidential debate ahead of the November election didn’t proffer a winner so much as testimony to a dire political discourse

With remakes of Mulan, Dune, The Witches and The Invisible Man all due out this year, a new book answers the big question: what justifies a remake?

Every festive season for years, we’ve been served Christmas schmaltz at the movies, but that’s now changing. And while we’re on the subject, why is Die Hard a Christmas film?

A new book explores the fraught process of taking on a TV or film remake, and why updating attitudes to sex may not always work

If real-life politics is getting you down, these fictional political TV power players might inspire your interest instead

Technology is changing our love lives and has been for a while now – but is it really at the expense of the romance of courtship?

As Justice Brett Kavanaugh joins the US Supreme Court, many progressives hope the anger over allegations against him will be reflected in the midterm elections, but is it likely?

Reading a good book on holiday is one of life’s indulgences, but getting a gem of a recommendation can be a true gift

Christmas songs and films are ripe with a festive nostalgia. In this edited extract of her book, Analyzing Christmas in Film: Santa to the Supernatural, Dr Lauren Rosewarne looks at some of the reasons for our hankering for yesteryear, real or