I am so biased toward books that I think I need to re-evaluate how I rate them on goodreads. I gave the novel Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift 3 stars, but this adaptation was SO much nicer—like a whole star and a half. I find the film adds much more personality to the characters, which gives the impression that more effort was put into this version of the story. Yes, Josh O’Connors penis does a lot of that work, but I promise…
Favorite films
Recent activity
AllRecent reviews
More-
-
Kneecap 2024
What a work of digital and public humanities wow. Recently realized whatever I do has to involve writing and language and this really hammered the nail in the coffin, especially since my viewing was preceded by a trip to the museum of literature. Language is as much a human construction as history and literature are (and other humanities), so it’s embedded with the same biases, beliefs, hopes, and messages as historical narratives and the literary canon. I haven’t yet studied…
Translated from by
Popular reviews
More-
Dance First 2023
A Christmas story but it’s your favorite Irish literary figures instead of Dickens and Donald Duck. Probably wouldn’t have had the patience to finish this if I hadn’t been on a 7 hour flight.
Translated from by -
