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REVIEW – Something in the Air (2013) 22 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
FilmJuice have my review of Olivier Assayas’s 70s drama Something in the Air. Much like Assayas’s near-universally acclaimed Carlos the Jackal, Something in the Air is set in the aftermath of the 196...
REVIEW – In The Fog (2012) 21 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm
FilmJuice have my review of Sergei Loznitsa’s historical war movie In The Fog. Based on a short story by the renowned Belarusian author Vasil’ Bykaw, In The Fog is a slow, moody and atmospheric explo...
“If I Can’t Have a Hugo Fan Award, Then No One Can!” 2 Aug 2013 | 10:53 pm
Though ostensibly a place where convention-runners can share ideas and resources, the Secret Masters of Fandom mailing list also serves as venue for discussing potential changes to the Hugo Awards pri...
What is a Fan? A Response to Justin 31 Jul 2013 | 07:15 pm
Justin Landon of Staffer’s Book Review has assembled some interesting thoughts on the apparent over-abundance of self-proclaimed (and predominantly unpublished) ‘writers’ in the genre community: Duri...
REVIEW – In The House (2012) 29 Jul 2013 | 03:38 pm
FilmJuice have my review of François Ozon’s In The House. The film is set in a devastatingly modernist French high school where a bitter failed writer grinds out a living teaching French literature t...
REVIEW – Burnt by the Sun 2 (2010) 8 Jul 2013 | 10:20 pm
FilmJuice have my review of Nikita Mikhalkov’s five-hour Second World War epic Burnt by the Sun 2. Burnt by the Sun 2 is one of the most demented films that I have ever come across. Way back in 1994,...
A Note on my Current Whereabouts 26 Jun 2013 | 10:47 pm
Those of you who have made the mistake of following me on Twitter may have noticed that things have gone a little quiet. The reason for this is that, for the second time in under eighteen months, I h...
REVIEW – Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012) 25 Jun 2013 | 02:45 pm
FilmJuice have my review of Alex Gibney’s documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God. One of the most fascinating battlefronts in contemporary culture is the question of how the baby b...
REVIEW – Diaz: Don’t Clean Up This Blood (2012) 13 Jun 2013 | 06:08 pm
FilmJuice have my review of Daniele Vicari’s topical ensemble drama Diaz: Don’t Clean Up This Blood. Set during the 2001 G8 protests in the Italian city of Genoa, the film tells the real-life story of...
A Pre-Apocalyptic Heads Up 31 May 2013 | 04:55 pm
As I’m sure we all know, the current state of affairs cannot last. Humanity is burning through natural resources while economic inequalities grow and social problems remain largely unaddressed. If the...
