The hateful eight dir. by Quentin Tarantino
Wyoming, just after the US civil war, and bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) is bringing in his prisoner, Daisy Domergue (Jennifer …
God help the Child by Toni Morrison
When Lula Ann is born her mother is horrified by how dark she is. Sweetness is light skinned. So is her husband. …
To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee
I would guess that almost everyone reading this blog is familiar, to some degree, with Harper Lee’s To kill a mockingbird. The …
Between the world and me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a name that has floated around me for a while now. Often in discussions on Metafilter about racism and …
The Chimneys of Green Knowe by Lucy Boston
Tolly has returned to Green Knowe, his great-grandmother’s house, for the Easter break. But he is disappointed to discover that something is …
Strange Days dir. by Kathryn Bigelow
Part of my 2015 Sci-Fi Experience. Made in the mid-nineties this is a film set in the final few days of 1999. …
Lucy dir. by Luc Besson
Lucy’s new boyfriend is trying to persuade her to deliver a briefcase for him. It’s a simple job and she’ll get well …
The Far Country by Nevil Shute
In Australia Jane and Jack Dorman own a prosperous sheep farm, or station. For the past few years most of the money …
Kindred by Octavia Butler
It is 1976 and Dana and her husband have just moved into a new home. They’ve only been married four years, but …
12 Years a Slave [based on the memoir] by Solomon Northup dir. by Steve McQueen
In pre-Civil War New York Solomon Northup lives a good life with his family and two children. He is a free man, …
Light in August by William Falkner
Lena Grove is looking for her man. The father of her unborn child. He told her that he’d go ahead, find a …
This side of brightness by Colum McCann
In the early 1900s New York’s subway was in the process of being excavated. Working as sandhog was decent enough money, but …