ANTHEMS (Part 4 of 4)
Continued from New York London Paris Munich
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ENVOI
A conclusion to this somewhat forced ramble might better belong somewhere else than here, but there is no political blog as such (or at least not a permanent one) here an[…]

ANTHEMS (Part 3 of 4)
Continued from Do You See?
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DURUTTI COLUMN
“Royal Infirmary”
MARK HOLLIS
“A Life (1895-1915)”
PIANO MAGIC
“Artists’ Rifles”
The extent of World War I’s impact in the British[…]

ANTHEMS (Part 2 of 4)
Continued from The Brown Wedge
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ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Dir. Lewis Milestone
The first version of this story I saw — though I barely remember anything about it, I was only eight at the time and didn’t h[…]

ANTHEMS (Part 1 of 4)
This is a somewhat quixotic attempt to write a cross-blog entry inspired by recent reading, viewing and listening. Whether or not it works, well, it’s up to you…
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TOMMY
Auth. Richard Holmes
It wasn’t i[…]

THE RULES OF THE GAME
Dir. Jean Renoir
A few months back I had the chance to pick up La Grande Illusion, a film by a filmmaker I had heard much about but never seen outside of a still or two. A lucky used find — then again I’m always happ[…]

The Transpacific Flight to New Zealand (and back again)
The amount of hectic work I’m doing this week — to be expected, it fits in with the start of the school year and all — perhaps unsurprisingly puts me in mind of some of my best[…]

Alone in the crowd (for once) — it was interesting, finally seeing Mike Judge’s Office Space for the first time the other week, and I actually talk more about my reaction to the film over on ILE. Here, though, I want to talk about somethi[…]

VISITATIONS
Visitations
ANNIE
Anniemal
Good lord last week was busier than I thought when it came to work, and then when I went home I either had committments or didn’t want to write much or anything. So hurrah for what may or may not be a bri[…]

Generosandwich, I think I sorta maybe love you, well maybe ‘love’ isn’t the right word… — so today I thought I would wander over to the maximegamall to see if what I was looking for was in stock at a Best Buy (it wasn&#8[…]

“More or less, a prophet” — it’s not wrong or even weird of me to say that even though Oscar Wilde is one of my favorite writers I’m actually far more fascinated by him than his work. If I could master the paradox approa[…]