Norse Mythology and Marvel Comics

With Francine Stock What do The Mask, Thor and The Saga Of The Viking Women And Their Voyage To The Waters Of The Great Sea Serpent have in common? And what has this all got to do with Richard Wagner? Norse mythology expert Eleanor Barraclough explains all. Author and director Mark Cousins explains the ways in which cinema has changed the ways we look at the world and why many of us see our lives through the eyes of Hitchcock. The controversial A to Z of film-makers continues with the letter N. Anna Smith takes on Scott Jordan Harris as Christopher Nolan goes toe to toe with cult Soviet animator Yuri Norstein. Writer Laura Snapes explains why certain musicians are used for their cultural cache as for their songs when it comes to movie soundtracks, and why the results can be unexpected, as the director of The Graduate discovered when he hired Simon and Garfunkel.