> The light and darkness war: The Empire Strikes Back
A new assessment of the sombre power of the sequel to Star Wars
> Action/reaction: John McTiernan
Analysis of three films from a master action director
> Fragments of… Blade Runner: Tears in rain
Lost words and stories - one of five pieces on the film across this site
Daniel Craig as James Bond -
An audacious and effective reworking of Bond on film
The incoherent second appearance disappoints
> Skyfall
A triumph of resurrection from a rendezvous with death
> Raising hell: Building the world of Skyfall
Uncovering architectural illusions in the film's making
A disappointing retread of the past bodes poorly for the future
Craig's Swann song confirms the prediction
> Penumbra: Michael Mann’s twilight world
Light and shade in the film-maker’s contemporary crime stories
> Abort, retry, fail? Blackhat
Ghosts in the machine corrupt this cyberthriller
> White/Heat: Raoul Walsh and Michael Mann
One city, two crime films, two directors, five decades apart
> Kaleidoscope: Editing Rollerball's Multivision sequences
Exclusive Brian Smedley-Aston in conversation
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