My Emptiness and I

Was lucky enough to get a sneak peak at My Emptiness and I at this year’s Catalan Film Festival. It’s directed by Adrian Silvestre who did Sediments, and you know I loved that. My Emptiness and I was co-written by and stars Raphaelle Perez, an artist and activist who created a piece for theatre about…

Woohoo!

Got my Closing Gala tickets! This year it is Polite Society, which looks awesome, about a kickass lass who uses her skills as a stuntwoman-in-training to rescue her sister from the peril of marrying an eejit. Looks so much fun! The entire programme was launched at midnight and I had all my picks firmed up…

GFF23 approaches!

Can’t believe it’s almost that time of year again! The GFF programme launches this Wednesday and I am super psyched. Already got my tickets to the Opening Gala – woohoo! This year it’s Girl, the first feature by Adura Onashile, who did the excellent short Expensive Shit, and starring Deborah Lukumuena, from the The Braves…

Update on blog

So, I guess you can’t help but notice there was a drop-off in reviews towards the end of the year. To be frank, I experienced a total collapse of spoons, and that still hasn’t changed. My energy levels have not bounced back and reviews that I was able to just batter out now seem to…

The Craft

I love The Craft, but I haven’t actually watched it since the 90s. I was delighted to find it exactly as I remember it – fucking awesome. My clearest memory was of my deep lesbian devotion to goth queen Nancy, played by Fairuza Balk. Tellingly, I had completely forgotten Skeet Ulrich was even in this…

Hellbender

Really interesting micro-budget practically homemade horror. Shot during lockdown by a family in the Appalachian mountains, it is a pared down coming-of-age horror focused on a mother-daughter relationship. Izzy and her mum live alone in the hills. It’s a peaceful and happy existence, surrounded by nature, a warm friendship between the two of them. They…