The Alternative Guide to Christmas Movies

By Wendy Ide, 20th December 2015
Features From Die Hard to Meet Me In St Louis, Film critic Wendy Ide shares her festive favourites – and there's not a Disney character in sight

Motherhood on film

By Wendy Ide, 10th November 2015
Features "Films can provide a safe environment to explore our anxieties – and God, knows, there are enough of them tied up in the job of being a mum." Film critic Wendy Ide on the big-screen tales of motherhood that hit and miss the mark

Why it is good to scare children

By Wendy Ide, 21st November 2014
Features In light of the controversy around the certification of the Paddington movie, film critic Wendy Ide argues that art should take you out of your comfort zone

The alternative guide to kids movies

By Wendy Ide, 18th August 2014
Features Feel like you might stab yourself with an icicle if you have to watch Frozen one more time? Film critic Wendy Ide picks her silver screen alternatives to see them through toddler years to teens