Players and slayers.
Two things: 1. We’re possibly in store for what is essentially a big screen reboot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, primarily because it doesn’t feature the creative mastery that is Joss Whedon. Or, one...
View ArticleLives of quiet desperation.
Last night’s film viewing: Revolutionary Road, directed by Sam Mendes, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, and based on the classic novel by Richard Yates. It’s the story of a couple, Frank...
View ArticleSkeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.
I’ve been inspired by Woody Allen week to revisit a lot of old Ingmar Bergman stuff. I’d seen the classics – Wild Strawberries and The Seventh Seal and Persona, of course – years ago, but there’s a...
View ArticleTzimtzum, or: Here There Be Tygers.
I saw the Life Of Pi today. Just a few quick thoughts… 1. It was good. I have never read the book, and usually avoid even transcendentally good and well hyped books if reviewers promise that they’ll...
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