First man [based on book] by James R. Hansen dir. by Damien Chazelle
It’s strange, having been born post the moon landings, the fact that a person has walked on the moon has always been true for me. So in some weird sense it...
13 October 2018
22 July [based on the book One of Us] by Åsne Seierstad dir. by Paul Greengrass
This is a tough film to watch. As it should be; dealing with mass murder and terrorism as it does. It doesn’t shy away from the violence and horror. And it...
13 October 2018
The scandal by Fredrik Backman
also published as Beartown I was going to say that I recently read Backman’s breakout novel A man called Over, but then I checked the blog and discovered that it was...
10 October 2018
Powsels and Thrums
Story does not instruct. It shows an open palm, not a pointing finger. Alan Garner – Powsels and Thrums : The Loom of Creation lecture published in The New Statesman, April...
9 October 2018
Venom dir. by Ruben Fleischer
I really wan’t expecting much from this, but it stars Tom Hardy, and so must be watched. And you know what, it wasn’t as bad as I had feared. I mean,...
6 October 2018
The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin
The Inheritance trilogy ; book 3 Oh my god, you totally need to read this series. It is so awesome and just plain great. Go read it. Am I overselling it...
4 October 2018
The tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker I have decided that I should try to read more “world literature”, not just modern fiction but books that might be regarded as classics from around...
30 September 2018
Confronting the classics by Mary Beard
I feel like I’ve been reading this book since forever, which is pretty much true as I started reading it back in February. But it is a collection of essays/reviews so...
29 September 2018
All the Rage
Most great activists—from Ida B. Wells to Dolores Huerta to Harvey Milk to Bill McKibben—are motivated by love, first of all. If they are angry, they are angry at what harms...
29 September 2018
In good faith
I’m wary of that narrative: “Look at this genius who made this show.” Wrapped around that is something that has been discussed a lot recently, which is the confusion of genius...
23 September 2018
Rocky dir. by John G. Avildsen
I cannot believe I’ve never reviewed Rocky before, but then again it is one of those films I’ve seen so many times, and before blogging was ever a thing, so in...
22 September 2018