Television. It’s going to ruin my life… Meh.

Ok. So I’m a huge advocate of television. I’m big on TV use in school. I think it’s got load to offer. My interest in using quality television in the classroom stems from… Continue reading →

Recommendations in a Rush: What I’m Currently Watching

Hello lovelies, It has been a long while since I have blogged. Namely because I am super busy at uni and work; but also because I feel I’ve progressed somewhat as a person… Continue reading →

“Mosquitoes, Guilt and Nets” — Mary & Martha (Noyce, 2013)

I was at uni a month and a bit ago. Slogging through another lecture. Gah. I’d arranged to travel back to the beaches to tutor Hamlet for my sister who’s currently working towards the… Continue reading →

“C’est l’adieu d’un ami, c’est le dernier sourire. Des lèvres que la mort va fermer pour jamais!” — Amour (Haneke, 2012)

Haneke’s film is a moving, terrifying and uncompromising drama of extraordinary intimacy and intelligence. Amour (2012) asks the question of what will survive of us – and what the word means as we approach the end… Continue reading →

When the Hitler Youth Come of Age — Lore (Shortland, 2012)

Lore is a little bit like a hybrid of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011) and Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights (2011). Its got a sensual and naturalistic feel. It is based on one of the three sections of The… Continue reading →

“I want to call the fish ‘Mommy’, Daddy” — The End of Love (Webber, 2012)

Mark Webber’s The End of Love is a kind of therapy for its director. Loosely based on the filmmaker’s life, the movie stars Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) alongside his real-life toddler,… Continue reading →

“An Accountant and a Novelist walk into a Hotel” — 28 Hotel Rooms (Ross, 2012)

Byrge (2012) writes in the Hollywood Reporter that ‘you expect to see subtitles when you view 28 Hotel Rooms: It’s the kind of mature relationship film that the French can do so well’. I TOTALLY… Continue reading →

No judgement from me. I don’t care if Baz turns my favourite novel into a ‘beautiful little fool’. That’s all I need.

Oh My. This trailer’s got the BATH AND PEARLS scene. HOLY MOLY! If you don’t know it… there’s a part of the book where Jordan tells Nick of Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby in… Continue reading →

“Walkin’ in L.A…. Nobody walks in L.A.” — Nobody Walks (Russo-Young, 2012)

The sultry wild child who dominates Ry Russo-Young’s acutely acted Nobody Walks (2012) is a type of femme fatale more likely to be seen in French cinema than in American movies. When Martine… Continue reading →

“Last night I ended up… smoking crack” — Smashed (Ponsoldt, 2012)

Hey y’all. Have you just come home from Future Music and the night out afterwards? I hope not. Ew. BUT, if you have…  I can almost guarantee you’re nursing a sweet hangover? Amiright?… Continue reading →