Hope Lies on Television #12 – A Family Tradition, From A Non-Traditional Family
What better way to mark the festive period than with an in-depth exploration of that landmark of Christmas popular culture, The Simpsons Holiday Specials. Edwin Davies wraps up a fantastic year in...
View ArticleThe Christmas Sermon
Tim Popple returns to the fold for a very special Sunday Sermon. Merry Christmas everyone! Christmas is many things to many people, but the unifying factor, the overlap in the Venn Diagram of Christmas...
View ArticleMeek’s Cutoff: Anti-Western/Anti-Genre
While it might not have made our top ten (although it did receive an honourable mention), erstwhile contributor to Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second Mike McKenny really did quite love Meek’s Cutoff....
View ArticleIn Defence Of… Forrest Gump
Today we welcome back new contributor Damon Carter, with his continuing adventures of the In-Defence Of kind. In this instalment Damon takes on a film considered by many to be the responsible for one...
View ArticleEastern Premise #47 – Sanshiro Sugata (Judo Saga)
In this weeks Eastern Premise Jason Julier takes in Akira Kurosawa’s Sanshiro Sugata. After almost a whole year of weekly articles we finally arrive at the biggest name in Japanese cinema. After 46...
View ArticleThe Sunday Sermon
Recognition among like-minded individuals is a key component in development. If we know that which we do is considered not just right and proper, but also exceptional, by those who share most closely...
View ArticleAn Interview with Alma Har’el, Director Of Bombay Beach
Bombay Beach shook Hope Lies At 24 Frames Per Second to it’s very foundations whence we caught it at it’s UK Premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest last June. Making for a unique and unusual...
View ArticleIn Defence Of… Point Break
Damon Carter returns with his continuing adventures of the In-Defence Of kind. In this instalment Damon takes a look at Kathryn Bigelow’s Point Break. “The plot of Point Blank invites parody” Roger...
View ArticleEastern Premise #51 – Umarete wa mita keredo lit (I Was Born But…)
This week Jason Julier introduces Ozu to Eastern Premise, with an early silent, I Was Born, But…. Otona no miru ehon – Umarete wa mita keredo lit otherwise known as I Was Born, But… is an early silent...
View ArticleRediscovering Michael Powell’s The Queen’s Guards
We here at Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second are really excited to introduce a new contributor to our ranks. Yusef Sayed takes a rare look at Michael Powell’s until-recently-thought-lost The Queen’s...
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