daily stream: an elegantly nuanced story of emigration
2015’s Brooklyn is on Prime in the US, Lionsgate+ in the UK (and other services as well).
Brooklyn
weekend watchlist: country twang with a Scottish accent
Plus a soothing science-fiction horror and a scathing not-at-all satire that helps explain Boris Johnson. (First published June 11th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) movie review: sweet summer child
One of the most beautiful movies I’ve ever seen. It is impossibly small, and emotionally immense, full of the most bittersweet of pathos that the coming-of-age genre offers. A treasure, and a gift.
my predictions for Oscars 2016 (88th Academy Awards for 2015’s films)
Now updated with all the winners…
OFCS 2015 awards winners announced
Mad Max: Fury Road gets a lot of love…
Where Are the Women? Brooklyn
This is an excellent example of how stories about women can become expressions of universal experience (like, the kind that men have too).
Brooklyn movie review: across the ocean to find yourself
Beautifully portrays a very universal experience — not only of immigration but of growing up — via an elegantly nuanced performance by Saoirse Ronan.
Notorious (review)
Gives new depth of meaning to the word “hagiography.”
