Forget KONY; this is KIMY2012
As the auditorium filled up, I began to get a KONY2012 kind of feeling. The room was full of well-scrubbed university types. Most of them had nice smiles. On the […]
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After seven months of ‘college’ I’m still waiting for my Bret Easton Ellis experience
Bret Easton Ellis sold college to me. Not university; I already knew about that. We have that in Australia. I came to the US to go to college. Cah-lege. When […]
A film primer for my trip to Cuba
My trip to Cuba fell together in the space of a week. The US consulate returned my passport faster than expected, and a day later I had a ticket to Havana. Such […]
Guillermo del Toro’s bloodsucker invasion of Guadalajara
Guadalajara is trying to raise its reputation to that of a city that takes culture seriously. Long known for being traditional and commercial, it is trying, through the annual book […]
On how Javier Bardem is going to die
Preparing to Mexico, I assumed I would be surrounding myself with Mexican cinema. Already a big fan of Mexico’s big three (Cuarón, Iñárritu, del Toro), I assumed I would be […]
