by Max Astle | Jun 1, 2026 | Latest, Leaders, Present Day, Top Story
Nearly half a century ago, Idi Amin ruled Uganda with an authoritarian fist. Kevin Macdonald captured the man in The Last King of Scotland. 20 years on since the film’s release, the story resonates with Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy showing the dark...
by Joe Beck | Jun 1, 2026 | Culture, Latest, People
Organised crime has inspired some of cinema’s most iconic stories. From the Corleone family in The Godfather (1974) to the hedonistic Henry Hill in Goodfellas (1990), generations of filmmakers have sought to capture the world of the Mafia on screen. But how much of...
by Joe Beck | Jun 1, 2026 | Culture, Latest, People
From The Godfather to Goodfellas, mob movies have defined how audiences understand organised crime. But how much of that image is rooted in reality? HistoFlick spoke to The Mob Museum’s Zach Jensen about Mafia myths, cinematic glamour and the films that came...
by Lewis Kennedy | Jun 1, 2026 | Latest, Leaders, People, Top Story
Forty years on from its release, ‘Lady Jane’ (1986) remains the defining screen portrait of one of history’s most overlooked figures. Directed by Trevor Nunn, written by David Edgar, and starring a nineteen-year-old Helena Bonham Carter in her film...
by Joe Beck | Jun 1, 2026 | Activism, Heros, Latest, People, Top Story
On 11 April 1890, Joseph Merrick was found dead in his room at the London Hospital. Ninety years later, his life was immortalised in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980), where, in one of cinema’s most famous final scenes, Merrick lies down to sleep ‘like normal...
