I've found myself buried in the world of Sylvia Plath over the last few weeks. I was aware of the controversy surrounding her legacy - all the feminist fury at Ted Hughes etc. But I thought I'd never studied her poetry in any sort of depth. Since reading the latest (in what's been a long line of them) biography I found a copy of her poem Daddy … [Read more...] about Sylvia
Archives for 2021
Latest Reading – September 2021
Girl, Woman, Other Bernadine Evaristo I promised to read books recommended by Eleanor, and this is the second one. I actually find myself put off by any requirement to read a book - why I don't like book clubs - so took me a while to get around to it. I enjoyed it quite a lot but wouldn't rave about it - as others have done. It reminded my of … [Read more...] about Latest Reading – September 2021
August Reading
Only four books read before MIFF started. A short but quite diverse list. Elizabeth and her German Garden, Elizabeth Von Arnim. Jane told me about this book so when I saw it in the Readings catalogue I ordered it. It's quite famous as is the author. This is her first book; written in 1898 and never out of print. She also wrote novels - … [Read more...] about August Reading
MIFF 2021 – The Rest
And here are the rest of the films I saw at MIFF2021, from the comfort of my couch. Hopefully our last MIFF in lockdown. I'm not linking these to trailers, but they'd all be easily found on YouTube. Coda This is an American remake of a French film The Bélier Family that I've seen ages ago. I thought this remake - as often happens with … [Read more...] about MIFF 2021 – The Rest
MIFF2021 – Three & Two Star Films
Here are my second best films from this year's festival. It's always a bit arbitrary distinguishing between films. Seen outside the festival I probably would regard these as all five star films! Ablaze *** A documentary about the Aboriginal activist Bill Onus didn’t know much about. His story should certainly be told and here it is told well … [Read more...] about MIFF2021 – Three & Two Star Films
MIFF 2021 – Five & Four Star Films
MIFF 2021 is over - another festival completely online, to the great disappointment of the organisers. We still threw ourselves into watching as many as we could - ending up with 35 for me and 36 for Joe. Not all of the movies scheduled for the cinemas made it to MIFF Play but there were some very good ones all the same. This is the order in which … [Read more...] about MIFF 2021 – Five & Four Star Films