Life is really exciting, busy and stressful at the moment. I still have a few more posts to come, but probably not till after a trip to Hong Kong! I also survived the festive season (notoriously my worst time of year) and seem to housewifing it up when not imitating dogs (Gem-code for doing yoga). [...]
Tagged creative projects, Instagram, iPhone, photography, zineI’ve mentioned it several times on this blog, and with the intention of boring you, I’ll do it again: at uni, I loved literary modernism. Anglo-American and European poetry in the modernist period is really what inspired me to start writing at all (oh shit, say my only three readers). I make mention of this [...]
Tagged Animal Kingdom, Australian film, film reviewUpfront disclosure, I’ve not read the book, but it sounded sort of cool, so decided to check out this Swedish (yes, there are subtitles) film. Result: I want to read the book. A very rich businessman is haunted by the disappearance of his favourite niece and employs a reporter who has suffered at the hands [...]
Tagged film review, mumblecore, sex in film, The Girl with the Dragon TattooI hate films that make me cringe. That might seem odd, but don’t worry, I know that therein lies an artistic work’s merit – if it moves you, it’s doing something right. In the Loop makes me cringe in a similar manner to watching Ricky Gervais in The Office or Extras. Basically, America wants to [...]
Tagged Armando Iannucci, film review, In the LoopOf course I was sceptical when I learnt that Tom Ford was the director for this film which is based upon a novel by British author Christopher Isherwood. I don’t think you should hold that against me: Ford belongs to a very glitzy, polished world, and the artform we associate him with is different enough [...]
Tagged A Single Man, film review, Tom FordSadly, I do not think Disney and Tim Burton are two entertainment institutions meant to coexist. I didn’t actually realise that this new venture of Burton’s was a Disney flick. As an Alice lover, the film disappointed on a few fronts. Yes, it was utterly gorgeous, surreal and visually sumptuous, but I went in thinking [...]
Tagged Alice In Wonderland 3D, film review, Tim BurtonI was lucky enough las year to go to some Melbourne Writers’ Festival events. Apparently Melbourne is a designated City of Literature by UNESCO. I understand one has to bid and pay an exorbitant amount for this privilege. The first event I went to with Ryan & T was a special screening of The Leopard [...]
Tagged Emily Ballou, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Luchino Visconti, McSweeney's, Melbourne, Melbourne Writers' Festival 2009, The LeopardI did so much in 2009, and I’m a bit ashamed that I didn’t really blog much. I’m especially ashamed I don’t really have a record of it (as previous readers will know, having a record of what I do helps me a lot when I’m ill – to remember what I did, and when). [...]
Tagged biopic, Fanny Brawne, film review, John KeatsJust some thoughts on the films I’ve caught for the Melbourne International Film Festival 2009. I know it’s long after the fact but I’ve never been good at churning out things!
Tagged A L'Aventure, Bluebeard, Dead Snow, films, Melbourne International Film Festival, Morphia, reviews, The Sky Crawlers, White Night WeddingThis week was several kinds of lousy. Name an area, I promise it was bad. This was largely due to flu and insomnia, both of which are on their way to being worked out. There was one highlight however. Ellerbisms vol 2 came in the mail, after both sender and I thought it was lost. [...]
Tagged comics, Marc EllerbyYea, I get to post a positive post for a change! (Oh christ, I’ve forgotten how to use the ‘unordered list’ html tag, zomg nerd embarrassment…) – Rome is being repeated on pay TV – am trying to catch it whenever I’m at my parents’ place – found a Killdozer album that my ex once [...]
Tagged pop cultureMy wallet got stolen at yoga last night of all places. Not happy. I had 55 bucks in there not including all the change I had and had prescriptions for not one but two of my happy pills. I’m stupidly procrastinating chasing up getting all my cards replaced, sigh. Before that though I’ve been managing [...]
I don’t blog for ages then I get all sorts of things I need to write about! The day started off pretty badly – back to my usual antics of needing twelve hours sleep as I took my medication when I was supposed to this time. But I ventured into the city centre and got [...]
The first casualty of Spring Reading Challenge is… *drumroll* …a graphic novel called Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships by Eric Shanower. You can take a look at it here. Again, another edit to show it in its glory thanks to the discovery of aNobii – here’s the cover.
