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Week 6(ish): Psychoanalysing The Piano, aka Everything is Bleak

Current concerns: Coronavirus: obvious Job: cinemas are closed down for the foreseeable future, oh dear Uni: my course is so unsuited to learning in isolation that we’ve had gentle recommendations to withdraw, yikes MAJOR CONCERN: I am haunted by this blog, and all the weakness, anhedonia and lack of commitment it represents. Potential coping strategy:Continue reading “Week 6(ish): Psychoanalysing The Piano, aka Everything is Bleak”

Week 5: Parasite Micro-Review

In the wake of the Oscars yesterday, I thought it would be good to write about a film I have a lot of love for but don’t want to heavily discuss – Parasite. It’s tricky to describe, and I think audiences should go in blind. I am also two weeks behind (help) on this blogContinue reading “Week 5: Parasite Micro-Review”

Week 4: Little Women, Big News

First up, news. I’ve observed in my long, Gen Z life that as soon as you give yourself something to do, it will set off a chain reaction and more and more things will suddenly start piling on top of it. Which is good, since I like being busy, but does mean that you goContinue reading “Week 4: Little Women, Big News”

Week 3: Awards Season Marathon + 1917

Continuing the buildup for Little Women (at this point, my white whale), this week I saw a few other films – it is, after all, the most wonderful, awardy time of the year. This also the cause of this week’s lateness; something I thought I could get away with since I only have about fourContinue reading “Week 3: Awards Season Marathon + 1917”

Week 2: Stages of Cats (2019)

Guess who, again, did not see Little Women this week? Guess who, instead, ended up vaguely tipsy at a 9pm Sunday screening of Tom Hooper’s Cats? Let’s jump right in: this film is a deeply intense, psychological experience, and I can only adequately review it via the complex internal journey it took us on. Thus:Continue reading “Week 2: Stages of Cats (2019)”

Week 1: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

It’s week one. Forgive me as I figure this thing out as I go. This was going to be a Little Women review, but everyone lost enthusiasm for Little Women since it was “too nice outside” and we should “be in the sun” and “socialise”. So instead, my first film of 2020 was Hunt forContinue reading “Week 1: Hunt for the Wilderpeople”