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• Linda Linda Linda

  

  What stands out to me the most about Nobuhiro Yamashita’s 2005 film Linda Linda Linda (inspiration for the riot grrrl band the Linda Lindas, the title taken fro... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: April.

  Fiction: Mieko Kawakami: Sisters in Yellow. Kiran Millwood Hargrave: Almost Life. Tana French: The Keeper. Jade Song: I Love You Don't Die. Kylie Lee Baker:... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

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  "Shakespeare gives us more than Lear or Hamlet, real or feigned mental derangement. There is a third possibility. Titus Andronicus begins by pretending to be ma... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Undertone

  

  Don’t be afraid of the dark. Be afraid of the silence.What would trap someone in a haunted house, beyond the a supernatural curse that traps, blocks doors,... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Links: 16/4/26

  

  Politics: Cautiously watching what newly elected Prime Minister Peter Magyar will do in Hungary to try and return the country to the mainstream after his... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Rental Family

  

  In the beginning of Rental Family, Phillip Vanderploeg (Brendan Fraser) has been living in Japan for seven years. He is an actor who originally arrived to... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: March.

  Non-Fiction: Dan Wang: Breakneck. China's Quest to Engineer the Future. Fiction: Catriona Ward: Nowhere Burning. William Gibson: Pattern Recognition. Kim Fu... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• On Living with the Monster in the Room

  

  I have found it so difficult to write lately. There are so many horrors, and the only bright thing that I’ve clung to over the last few months has been diving... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - That's Why i Love Fall.

  

  girl in red | we fell in love in october. the xx | shelter. caribou | sun. sonic youth | hey joni. alice glass | blood oath. health | nice girls. you love her... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: February.

  Non-Fiction: Chris Baker, Pasuk Phongpaichit: A History of Thailand. Thongchai Winichakul: Siam mapped: a history of the geo-body of a nation. Fiction: Margot... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Revolver Lily

  

  There is a deep sadness to the idea of being incredibly good at something, perhaps even one of the best in the world, but for that talent to be associated only... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Beolsae (House of Hummingbird)

  

  In Kim Bo-ra’s House of Hummingbird, teenager Eun-hee (Park Ji-huk, giving a stunning performance) goes unrecognised and isolated in most of the spheres she... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Favourite Books I've Read This Year (in Progress)

  

  Fiction: Han Kang: Human Acts Ellis Avery: The Teahouse Fire I started this year reading Han Kang's work for the first time: The Vegetarian, Human Acts, and We... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: January.

  Fiction: Nat Cassidy: When the Wolf Comes Home. Sarah Gailey: Just Like Home. R.O. Kwon: Exhibit. R.O. Kwon: Incendiaries. Kevin Chen: Ghost Town. Han Kang:... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - When You Fall, You Will Fall the Hardest.

  

  yellow fang | i'm a feeder. lois | diopter. greentea peng | tardis (hardest). cyndi seui | unreal. blood cultures | emptylands. health | ordinary loss. shlohmo ... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Yunhui-ege (Moonlit Winter)

  

  The snow in the Hokkaido town of Otaru builds up in dunes, covering sidewalks and cars. One of the main character’s aunt describes what it means to live with... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Happyend

  

  Neo Sora’s Happyend, about a friendship between a group of high schoolers and more intimately about two boys who have known each other for years but are now... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Chan Hang Rawang Rao (Flat Girls)

  

  I don’t know what a good entry point for writing about this film is: it hit me as a complete surprise, the kind of quiet story that gets stuck in your brain... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value)

  

  I wrote it for you. You're the only one who can play it.So with the house empty and the doors locked and the mattresses rolled round, those stray airs, advance... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• A Dangerous Precedent

  “The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by the recent escalation in Venezuela, culminating with today’s United States military action in the country, which... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2026 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO