‘Saw’ (2004): How a Teenager Learned to Love Horror

I can’t remember a lot of my teenage years, which isn’t great. I’m 26 now, so that was almost half my life ago – only the very vivid moments stick out in my mind. I can think back to embarrassing moments at school or to birthday celebrations; of course there are memories like your first…

Read More

‘Lady Bird’ (2017) is a Love Letter to Sacramento

It’s 8pm the day before Christmas, and I have just come home from running the last errands of the day. It’s raining a bit, enough for the streets to reflect the Christmas lights on the windowsills. It’d snowed a while ago, but by now it had mostly melted away – on one side of the…

Read More

Flip Screen: A Launch Into 2019

Do you know this one blog with a title like this? – Possibly Scott Pilgrim Two months ago, I sent Ell a proposal. This proposal was somewhat wild and happens to be one of a growing number of impulsive decisions on my part. Yet despite the numerous in caps messages I sent her over several…

Read More