http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/20/from-the-hunger-games-to-kick-ass-how-hollywood-is-falling-back-in-love-with-heroines/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/20/from-the-hunger-games-to-kick-ass-how-hollywood-is-falling-back-in-love-with-heroines/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:34:32 +0000 Kieran Turner-Dave http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=30971 In the 1985 comic strip The Rule, Alison Bechdel introduced a simple test that troublingly highlighted the gender bias present in mainstream movies.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/20/from-the-hunger-games-to-kick-ass-how-hollywood-is-falling-back-in-love-with-heroines/feed/ 7 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/12/from-argo-to-skyfall-the-top-films-of-2012/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/12/from-argo-to-skyfall-the-top-films-of-2012/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:00:59 +0000 George Arnett http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=30709 George Arnett gives a rundown of some of this year's top films.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/12/12/from-argo-to-skyfall-the-top-films-of-2012/feed/ 10 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/07/a-five-point-plan-to-make-the-dark-knight-rises-better/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/07/a-five-point-plan-to-make-the-dark-knight-rises-better/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:05:23 +0000 Varun Mathure http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=27154 The Dark Knight Rises has been out for over two weeks now, and many of you have already seen the conclusion to Christopher Nolan's epic Batman saga. However, opinions are divided about this last installment of Gotham City with some critics being full of praise, while others have not been too impressed.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/08/07/a-five-point-plan-to-make-the-dark-knight-rises-better/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/ons-christian-bale-us-weekly-rome/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/ons-christian-bale-us-weekly-rome/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:37:32 +0000 Ellen E Jones http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26782 A look at the trending topics on social networking sites and search engines today, to see what we’re interested in, and why.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/25/ons-christian-bale-us-weekly-rome/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/20/aurora-colorado-ramadan-mubarak-imax-lord-coe/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/20/aurora-colorado-ramadan-mubarak-imax-lord-coe/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:00:34 +0000 Ellen E Jones http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26592 A look at the trending topics on social networking sites and search engines today, to see what we’re interested in, and why.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/20/aurora-colorado-ramadan-mubarak-imax-lord-coe/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/19/the-dark-knight-rises-batman-secret-is-adapting-through-the-ages/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/19/the-dark-knight-rises-batman-secret-is-adapting-through-the-ages/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:10:18 +0000 Will Brooker http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26554 Unsurprisingly, critics of various political persuasions are already rushing to pin down Dark Knight Rises as propaganda. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/19/the-dark-knight-rises-batman-secret-is-adapting-through-the-ages/feed/ 13 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/19/omar-suleiman-paul-lawrie-ray-j-the-dark-knight-rises/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/19/omar-suleiman-paul-lawrie-ray-j-the-dark-knight-rises/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:21:47 +0000 Ellen E Jones http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=26533 A look at the trending topics on social networking sites and search engines today, to see what we’re interested in, and why.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/07/19/omar-suleiman-paul-lawrie-ray-j-the-dark-knight-rises/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/20/the-cinematic-sounds-of-summer/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/20/the-cinematic-sounds-of-summer/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:05:29 +0000 Tim Greiving http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25449 Summertime means summer movies, and as usual this year’s fare is a mixed bag. My personal interest in a new batch of films is the original music that accompanies them. I’m an enormous film score geek, you see, and whilst summer blockbuster season doesn’t always bode well for someone with my musical interests (great scores just as often accompany the sleepy dramas tucked between major movie “seasons”), it at least signals a glut of big-budget, potentially exciting projects that tend to have big scores attached.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/20/the-cinematic-sounds-of-summer/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/19/how-comic-heroes-became-mainstream/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/19/how-comic-heroes-became-mainstream/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 02:00:37 +0000 Joel Meadows http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25421 Back in 1992, the world had seen the likes of Batman on the big screen, doing reasonably well at the box office, but comic movies were a novelty that attracted a few cinema goers. Fast forward twenty years and the scenery has totally changed. Just take a look at the highest grossing films of all time.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/19/how-comic-heroes-became-mainstream/feed/ 2