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• Das Lied Zum Sonntag

  

  Stella Donnelly - Tricks (on Beware of the Dogs)You only like me when I do my tricks for youAnd you wear me out like you wear that southern cross tattooI'd... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Leave No Trace

  

  There is a sense in Granik's Winter's Bone, based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, that Jennifer Lawrence's Ree exists in isolation of institutions that should... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: February.

  Non-Fiction: Myriam Gurba: Mean.Fiction: Myriam Gurba: Dahlia Season.Alex White: A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe.Alex White: A Bad Deal for the Whole... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Transit

  

  begins with two men in what turns out to be a French bistro, quietly discussing an escalating political situation that is threatening them. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Russian Doll

  

  I think there are many different ways in which people can watch this show and interpret it, which speaks to Natasha Lyonne's ability to create something that... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Runaways, Season Two

  

  Recently, after giving the show a break after a misconceived season focusing on a character that I thought insufferable, I started watching Supergirl again. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: January

  Non-Fiction: Rebecca Solnit: Call Them by Their True Names. American Crises (And Essays).Fiction: Seth Dickinson: The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Seth Dickinson: Th... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• The Favourite

  

  As much as Yorgos Lanthimos Dogtooth and The Favourite are different - set in different time periods, The Favourite glittering with the beautifully detailed... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading Notes: The Monster Baru Cormorant

  SPOILERS, obviously. I started writing this when I had finished the book once already, so spoilers for the whole thing. This is my second run-through, and I'd... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: December

  Non-Fiction: Heather Havrilesky: What If This Were Enough?Alain de Botton: Status Anxiety.Fiction: Olivia Laing: Crudo.Courtney Summers: Sadie.Sarah... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Shows of the Year

  Best new show: Sharp ObjectsI found it completely impossible to turn away as the horror of Gillian Flynn's story (which gets fleshed out considerably in the... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Music of the Year

  Albums: Camp Cope - How to Socialise Make Friends.Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel.MOD CON - Modern Convenience.Cat Power - Wanderer.Janelle... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Favourite Books I've Read This Year

  

  Non-Fiction: Bruce Pascoe: Dark Emu. Black Seeds Agriculture Or Accident?.Michelle Tea: Against Memoir.Nicole Chung: All You Can Ever Know. A Memoir.Fiction:... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Films of the Year

  NanetteThe Miseducation of Cameron Post AnnihilationSorry to Bother YouHearts Beat LoudJanelle Monáe - Dirty ComputerAtomic Blonde (2017)Black PantherBonus... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Random Mixtape - No One is Born to Hate.

  

  Bradley Harms - Like Velvet!kira puru | molotov. soccer mommy | cool. courtney barnett | hopelessness. mitski | remember my name. cat power | moaning lisa |... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Das Lied Zum Sonntag

  

  Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless (on Tell Me How You Really Feel) I wanna walk through the park in the darkMen are scared that women will laugh at themI... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: November

  Fiction: Gillian Flynn: Sharp Objects. Hsu-Ming Teo: Behind the Moon.Hsu-Ming Teo: Love and Vertigo.Sally Rooney: Normal People. Lauren Karcz: The Gallery of... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

  

  Sabrina: I want freedom and power. Prudence: He will never give you that. The Dark Lord. The thought of you, of any of us, having both terrifies him. Sabrina:... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• The Miseducation of Cameron Post

  

  “The afternoon my parents died, I was out shoplifting with Irene Klauson.”This is how Emily M. Danforth’s novel starts. Cameron at this stage is just out of... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Reading List: October.

  Non-Fiction: Nicole Chung: All You Can Ever Know. A Memoir.Fiction:Robin Talley: What We Left Behind. Ling Ma: Severance. Eve Babitz: Sex and Rage.Florence... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO