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Jan 16 MISS PICK AND THE TERRAPIN OF TERROR Remember those fearsome female characters in Roald Dahl’s stories, such as the grandmother in George's Marvellous Medicine, Jan 16, 2025 2 min read
Jan 15 THE GHOST OF SIERRA MADRE It seems ironic that, of the two directors who came closest to creating their own modern equivalent of John Huston’ Jan 15, 2025 3 min read
Jan 14 HERE COMES THE SON Every morning before I headed to school, my father and I would prepare ourselves for the 'reality' beyond Jan 14, 2025 2 min read
Jan 13 THE HEAT AROUND THE CORNER In Michael Mann's crime epic Heat (1995), career criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) lives by a simple, Jan 13, 2025 1 min read
Jan 12 HERE COMES THE SUN BEAR There’s been a definite Japanese theme permeating my life recently, partly due to hearing about a close friend' Jan 12, 2025 1 min read
Jan 11 COLD! Wrapped up like a giant crêpe this morning in bed, my best-laid early (gym) plans in ruins, I meditated on Jan 11, 2025 2 min read
Jan 08 AVE MARIA Pablo Larraín's Maria (2024) is by no means a perfect film—far from it—but I found a Jan 8, 2025 2 min read
Jan 07 TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS Truly scrumptious You two are truly scrumptious Scrumptious as the breeze across the bay When you're smiling It& Jan 7, 2025 2 min read
Jan 06 GRAVY'S GOOD TONIGHT One of the things I loved about David Chase's The Sopranos television series (1999–2007) was its relatable Jan 6, 2025 2 min read