Learning about Joyce Vincent – Carol Morley’s ‘Dreams of a Life’
Share If you haven’t heard of it already, type ‘Joyce Vincent’ into Google and see what comes up. A tragedy that hit news headlines back in 2006, and now relinquished to the backs of people’s minds, Carol Morley brings this issue to the fore once again. A woman died alone in her flat. Sad, yes....
Entering the Sleeping Beauty Chamber
Share Throughout this film, I was very aware of watching characters on the screen, rather than real people. Knowing that the director, Julia Leigh, is originally a writer, and that this was her first foray into the world of film, I was conscious of wanting to judge it on artistic merit and the believability of...
Pursuer and pursued – Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’
Share Well aware of all the hype whirling around the impending arrival of Melancholia, I went in expecting to be disappointed. Would it live up to everything I hoped it would be? It wasn’t what I was expecting somehow, which doesn’t mean it was better or worse, simply different. Does that mean Lars von Trier...
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