In: Film & TV Criticism
The Shining: A family can be scary enough
- 31st October 2012
- Aaron Balick
- ArchiveFilm & TV Criticism
This week the US version of the iconic Stanley Kubric film The Shining has been re-released in the UK. As the...
Prometheus: the primal father and his horde
- 15th June 2012
- Aaron Balick
- ArchiveFilm & TV Criticism
Warning:This is a psychoanalytic analysis and review of the film and contains spoilers. Best if read after you’ve seen it! Ridley...

Alien: A Kleinian (Psycho)Analysis
- 3rd June 2012
- Aaron Balick
- ArchiveFilm & TV Criticism
In anticipation of watching Ridley Scott’s new film Prometheus, I thought it was time to go back to Scott’s original film...
The Cabin in the Woods: the return of the repressed
- 12th March 2012
- Aaron Balick
- ArchiveFilm & TV Criticism
The Cabin in the Woods is a difficult film to review without giving away what needs not to be given away...
A Dangerous Method makes A Disappointing Film
- 13th February 2012
- Aaron Balick
- ArchiveFilm & TV Criticism
It is never a good start to compare a film to a book. Unfortunately for Keira Knightly, she has now participated...

We Need to Talk about Kevin (with Melanie Klein)
- 23rd October 2011
- Aaron Balick
- ArchiveFilm & TV Criticism
If there is anyone to be given credit for completely decimating the idea that mother and child are supposed to be...