Ending at the beginning and the beginning of the end

Bambi, The Thin Red Line and the enduring power of parental love

Science, philosophy and the enduring gender-nonconforming creative lunacy of Real Genius

From Orlando to Perks of Being a Wallflower, the journey to self-acceptance remains a wild ride

Marilyn Monroe, my grandmother Doris and the haunting depressive beauty of The Misfits

Sean Connery, the Art/Artist Debate and Longing to be a “Golden Girl”

Dragonslayer, gender and the myth of the so-called “guilty pleasure”

From Mascara to Boys Don’t Cry, the films that shape us are always a surprise

How I lost it at the drive-in and fell in love with the movies