Posts by Sarah Cook

In our weekly old movies column, a chat with the man trying to get us all to watch late 1920s and 1930s cinema this April

A look at some of the horror movies that came out of Hollywood between 1929 and 1934, during Hollywood’s pre-code era

It’s International Women’s Day and what better way to celebrate than looking at some famous female heroes of the pre-code – early 1930s – cinema

In our regular look at old cinema a salute to the groundbreaking work of female film director Dorothy Arzner, whose first film debuted in the 1920s

Sam Neil;, Michael Caton and Miranda Richardson lead the cast of Rams – and here’s our review of the prize-winning sheep movie

Welcome to our regular column, where we dig right back into cinema history: and we’re starting with a bit of romance

Sarah uncovers some of the sexy and sensual moments from 1930s movies, when times were on the more prudish side

Sarah Cook delves in the deep past of Hollywood in search of some fruity movies – and she finds plenty hiding away in the 1940s

With the news that Disney’s Lion King 2 is likely to be an origin story, one writer argues that Simba’s Pride deserves the proper do-over treatment instead

A celebration of the fantasy films that might have failed to win over the critics, but still are a whole lot of fun