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Paper Year Interview: Rebecca Addelman
Sex, love and ambition are at the forefront of this beautifully raw film. It doesn’t glamorize life, it shows it exactly as it is: messy, complicated, confusing, and exhilarating.
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Bleed For This
I would like to preface this with two things: I am not a sports fan and watching two men beat each other for fun makes me squirm. I am not into boxing or MMA, or any of these events that show just how fragile the human body is. I recently had this discussion with two of my friends as they watched a boxing match at a pub. Their argument was that these are people in top form showing how incredible the human body is and how much it can endure. While that may be true, it is also what makes it horrifying. If people in top physical form can mutilate…
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Edgar Wright Presents: The Driver
The past few weeks have been quite the adventure, hence the silence. Not only did I get a new job but it has finally hit me that I am in my final year in London. My first year here has opened my mind and allowed me to explore a possible career in Social Media (which I did not really believe was a real job). From working at a charity, which gave me an immense respect for Feminism, to agency life, the knowledge that I have a distinct career path is comforting. That being said I have also been acknowledging my true passion, film and television. The beginning of my #1000Moviesin600Days…
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Long Weekend
This was the last long weekend in the United Kingdom until Christmas – and I failed. My goal was to crank out at least six movies over the three day period but only achieved half that. The movies I did end up watching were The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Rear Window and The Producers. The films are varied, spanning different genres and were all fascinating to watch for the first time. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is the first movie from the 1920s I have seen in some time. It took me a while to settle in to the format, the stopping and starting, but forced me to pay closer attention to…
