by Ellen Hernandez The historical drama series Downtown Abbey (ITV, 2010-2015), created by Julian Fellows, has gathered wide acclaim for its fascinating portrayal of British society and its class structures. In...

Robert Aldrich’s Kiss Me Deadly (1955) appeared near the zenith of the film noir cycle (1941-1958), when the plots and motifs grew familiar and called for new treatments. In adapting...

by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Blair Witch Project (1999) remains a benchmark in found-footage horror, a film that channeled dread but also managed to use emerging technologies – i.e., the world...