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
How to be (very) Good
I recently saw An Education (splendid) and walked away in awe of how the British so deftly handle subtext. Of course I walked away in awe of several other things… Continue Reading
Welcome …
… to my humble abode. I’ll keep this short and sweet. Having spent the past year editing and nurturing Trespass Magazine and loving absolutely every second of it, this blog is… Continue Reading