The Beach Part 2
I was quite confident I’d get all the beach photos into 2 parts, but it seems I’ve underestimated my penchant for beach landscapes. So here’s Part 2, with a Part… Continue Reading
The Beach Part 1
Pretty much every summer, since I was very small, my family has holidayed on the Central Coast, at a beach that has come to be one of my favourite places… Continue Reading
Film Review (not bite sized): Nine
First published in Trespass 16/01/2010 The perfect movie musical should leave you singing for hours after the lights have come up. You should want to leap from your seat as… Continue Reading
The ‘Real’ Problem
First published in Trespass on 15/01/2010 It was a long time coming and off the back of a flogging of a very tired horse – but there was something that… Continue Reading
Sydney Harbour
More photos of Sydney Harbour on New Year’s Eve are up on Matador Nights.
Photo Essay up on Matador
If you feel so inclined, pop across to Matador Nights to have a look at a little photo essay of mine, published today. It’s Sydney Harbour under the bright, frenzied lights… Continue Reading
Bite Size Review: Fantastic Mr Fox
This is a gem of a film. Almost too funny in parts, director Wes Anderson has created a believable world of suit wearing badgers and beavers, all the while doing… Continue Reading
Top 3 Films of 2009
In keeping with the list mania happening over at Trespass, today we’re looking at the Top 3 Films of 2009. Below are my ‘high brow’ choices, but I can tell… Continue Reading
Bite Sized Review: Bright Star
Because I plan on seeing loads of films this summer and because the prospect of having to write in depth reviews of all of them will only make me resentful,… Continue Reading
Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years
There are few literary characters out there that have had the affect on me that Adrian Mole has. Adrian Mole is, quite literally, a part of me. I see him… Continue Reading
Antichrist: The What, Why and How
This isn’t a film review. I’m not sure how I’d go about reviewing Antichrist, to be honest, but beyond that I’m more interested in the writing than the overall cinematic… Continue Reading
Getting Past the Blog Stigma
Blogs have something of a stigma attached to them. It could be because ‘blog’ is a vile word, hovering somewhere between bog and flog. Or that could be my own… Continue Reading
Ingredients for the Perfect Road Trip
Road trips are one of life’s little pleasures. They’re travel without the hassle of check-ins and departure times and airplane breakfasts. They’re wind-in-your-hair, music-turned-up-loud, junk food-snacking snapshots of fun and… Continue Reading
Gig Review: Daniel Merriweather
Also published in Trespass Magazine 3/12/09 The boy from Melbourne with the voice did things the other way round. He courted interest and relative hype in his home country before… Continue Reading
The Invention of Lying
Ever since I walked out of The Invention of Lying, feeling completely underwhelmed, I’ve been trying to put my finger on what went wrong. In the process, I’ve tried to… Continue Reading
The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler
If you are a crime fiction fan, then there will come a time when you no longer can ignore the giant shadow that looms over the genre in the form… Continue Reading
The Return of the Upper Arm
First published on Trespass 19/11/2009 So I’ve just been eyeing Rihanna’s cellulite over a morning cup of tea. I didn’t seek it out, really, it was just part of my… Continue Reading
Genova
It’s an old, familiar tale, grief, one that has been told in so many different ways, with so many angles of it examined and laid bare in cinema and literature…. Continue Reading
Male vs Female Writing
A friend of mine brought this article to my attention today. It’s a great article. Succinctly written, it highlights a familiar and sad plight faced by too many women. The… Continue Reading
Against College Policy – or Simply College Culture?
Sydney University must be so proud. In 2009, two months out of the next decade of the millennium, they’re still managing to actively foster a misogynistic sex culture on campus…. Continue Reading