I just saw Spring Breakers. I was half expecting it to be an awful waste of money (though I used SCENE points), and half thought it would be interesting but not great. The verdict? I thought it was amazing. Here’s why: 1. My opinion was likely swayed by Lena Dunham tweeting that it was “the only art film to star a teen wizard” a few weeks ago. As such, I walked into the theatre expecting it to be more than just the sum of its parts. It was. Spring Breakers is definitely not a film that everyone will like, and depending how you decide to watch the movie, it could [...]
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Thoughts on Girls, Season 2
03/03/13 – 10:54 PM
I’m fairly certain that 85% of the people I know have come to accept that I have an unhealthy obsession with Girls, this small HBO show written, directed, and starring a talentless girl named Lena Dunham. Clearly, sarcasm. I’m pretty obsessed with Dunham’s work, her outlook, and what she has achieved by the age of 26. Also, she’s dating Jack Antonoff of Fun., which I think is pretty cute. (Did you see how excited she was when they won the Best New Artist award at the Grammy’s? I thought Frank Ocean should’ve taken it, but still, cute.) Anyway. Last season, I was absolutely captivated. The show was such an accurate [...]
Good luck exploring your infinite abyss.
21/02/13 – 2:01 PM
A couple days ago, I found out someone I recently met and who I think is pretty cool hasn’t yet seen Garden State. It was a deal breaker. (Just kidding, Chesca.) But anyway, I then remembered this review of the film I wrote way back when I was seventeen. In a way, I suppose this is a “Throwback Thursday.” GARDEN STATE (2004) ***** A surreal, almost-profound story depicting life, this movie is a ride through New Jersey in the eyes of an overmedicated would-be actor. It is a mix of wildly eccentric characters – from a free-spirited local girl, to a millionaire living off the invention of silent Velcro. A [...]
Blue Valentine
14/02/13 – 5:41 PM
“From my experience, the prettier the girl is, the more nuts she is…which makes you insane.” Two years ago today, I watched Blue Valentine, and it is probably the most devastatingly sad movie to watch on a day already pinned “Singles Awareness Day.” But, it was really good. Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling were perfect together, and it totally made me feel all the things (Girls reference). After the film ended, my friend and I sat in the theatre after the credits, taking it in. I haven’t watched the movie since because it’s not really an easy movie to take. It’s heavy, and sort of depressing, but in a beautiful, [...]
Thoughts on Lolita
27/01/13 – 11:55 AM
Artwork by the super-talented Kathryn MacNoughton Apart from getting this blog up and running, my biggest accomplishment of the month was finishing Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. I don’t know if this is embarrassing to admit, but it was the most difficult book I have ever tried to conquer. Over the span of (unmentionable) months I tried to bring myself to finish it, I would mention my reading it to friends and they would respond in shock that I hadn’t done so in the past. It was what I presume to be a very “me” book for a variety of reasons. But I COULD NOT get through it. Here’s why: after the [...]
