Tag Archives: Brontes

From Jane Eyre to Mary Poppins – de-coding the Brontes on film

Posted on July 11, 2016 by samiraahmed

I wrote this blogpost for a panel discussion we held with a screening of Jane Eyre (1943) at the Picturehouse Cinema at the National Media Museum in Bradford last Saturday. Novelist Mick Jackson, Bronte Parsonage Museum arts officer Lauren Livesey … Continue reading →

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The Fantasies of Youth

Posted on May 4, 2012 by samiraahmed

Every generation has its teen moral panic exploitation movie. In the 1930s it was Reefer Madness. In the 50s it was Beat Girl (the evils of Soho coffee bars and bongos). For my generation it was 1982’s Mazes and Monsters … Continue reading →

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