A respository for my thoughts on film and screen content, and an excuse to overthink the mediums I love the most
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Sour Grapes, Guilty Pleasures
Raised in a culturally middle-class British family, I am an expert on the experience of guilt. Not of ‘guilt’ in a legal sense. I am…
The Past Colours the Present, and the Present Colours the Past: Lynne Ramsay’s ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ (2011)
As a mid-twenty something severely lacking in the virtue of shit-togetherness, children terrify me. Little chaotic balls of energy that are unpredictable, sticky, smelly, loud.…
Simplistic yet Expressive Dialogue Sequences and Camera Movements in Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Mother’ (2009)
After winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture with Parasite (2019), Bong Joon-ho finally got the western recognition that he deserves. But…
The ‘Modern Marriage’ and Social Transgression in Dorothy Arzner’s ‘Merrily We Go To Hell’ (1932)
“Gentleman, I give you the holy state of matrimony. Modern style. Single lives, twin beds, and triple bromides in the morning” – Sylvia Sidney as…
Thoughts
I like movies. I like TV. I like games. Sometimes I watch and/or play them. Sometimes I have thoughts. Here is a selection of these extended thoughts regarding content new and old – presented in short-to-medium form posts. Enjoy!
Archive
The button below will take you to an archive of some older work. These are mostly the essays and theses from my studies that I am the proudest of. Longer, heavily researched, academic, and formal. Have a look and see if there is anything of interest!
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