Angelos Koutsourakis

Angelos Koutsourakis is Associate Professor in Film and Cultural Studies at the Centre for World Cinemas and Digital Cultures, University of Leeds.
Tim Burton’s ‘Batman Returns’ Is a Horror Film of a Different Sort

Tim Burton’s ‘Batman Returns’ Is a Horror Film of a Different Sort

Criticized for its grotesque imagery, Tim Burton’s 1992 film Batman Returns is a commentary on the horror of social and political ills that still haunt us today.

‘The Zone of Interest’ and Our Modern Day Comforts

‘The Zone of Interest’ and Our Modern Day Comforts

Can The Zone of Interest, a film about a Nazi commandant and his family, have something to say about the modern day comforts so many enjoy?

‘La La Land’ Is a Delightful Return to Mise en Scène Cinema

‘La La Land’ Is a Delightful Return to Mise en Scène Cinema

The melancholy in this film's musical sequences serves as commentary on cinema’s bygone capacity to produce a unique kind of magic.
Is All the World Really a Stage in ‘Birdman’?

Is All the World Really a Stage in ‘Birdman’?

Is Birdman's metacommentary the theatre within cinema that it appears to be?

‘The John Cassavetes Collection: Shadows & Faces’

Three Films by Béla Tarr: ‘Almanac of Fall’, ‘Damnation’ and ‘Satantago’

‘Three Popular Films by Jean-Pierre Gorin’ Depict a Divided America

Nostalgia for Political Modernism in ‘Yesterday Girl’

‘The Ozu Collection: The Student Comedies’ Makes Us Nostalgic of Modernity

‘A Separation’: A Broad Message Sent via Minimalist Form

Alexander Kluge’s Truly Anarchic Spirit: ‘Kluge in the Beginning’

‘The Rebellion of Red Maria’: A Punk Musical, in which Queer Rebels Turn into Serial Killers