Personal Writing
Best Music of 2023
💿 Favourite Albums 💿 1. Jessie Ware – That! Feels Good! Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Jessie Ware isn’t the only one…
The Best Albums of 2022
Beyoncé – Renaissance After so much time indoors in the past quarter decade, the urge to go out, get sweaty, and…
Film Review: After Life
A faceless office building, the monotony of a Monday morning, a damp cloth to wipe away the weekend’s dust. Are our protagonists, who…
Film Review: Nomadland
I knew I would feel a certain way about Nomadland before ever watching it. It’s delicate subject matter with an even more delicate conceit: the…
Film Review: The Master
“You are the bravest boy I’ve ever met.” My favourite PTA changes day by day, but to me this is the one that…
Film Review: Boogie Nights
One of the films I instantly gravitated towards when I first got into film, probably around 15 or 16, which is maybe too…
The Perfect Album: I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons
“I am just so bored by everything. You might say bored to death. Did you know I couldn’t last. I always knew it….
The Perfect Album: E•MO•TION by Carly Rae Jepsen
Here’s a challenge: write a Carly Rae Jepsen review that doesn’t mention “Call Me Maybe” in the first paragraph. To be fair, the…
Album review: Melodrama by Lorde
Lorde has always been ageless. On some of her songs, she expresses wisdom well beyond her years — on others, she has the…