Sentimental Value, 2025 - ★★★★★
Life is hard. Relationships are complex. We all contain multitudes etc
While You Were Sleeping, 1995
If anyone tries to tell you this isn’t the best Christmas film, send them my way.
Finished reading: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid 📚
Thought I was too cynical for a book that boldly states on the cover that it is a love story. Apparently when there’s queers, stars and space travel involved, I am not.
Finished reading: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 📚
I needed this to be a bit pacier. Started well but never really recovered from the lull in the middle.
Dragonfly, 2025 - ★★★★
One of those films where you feel like you’ve had a shared experience with everyone else in the cinema. Everyone stayed seated until the end of the credits and nobody spoke as they left. Not felt that for a long time.
After a few hours I’m still not sure what I think of the film overall. But it’s one I’ll be thinking about for a while yet.
Hedda, 2025 - ★★★★
There were a few things in my favour when seeing this 1) not knowing the source material 2) a small, almost empty cinema screen.
I was intrigued throughout by the use of sound. In places it was reminiscent of the chorus in a Greek tragedy. An extra character in the telling of the story for sure.
Finished reading: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto 📚
I think I need to give this another read at a different time. Not sure if it didn’t live up to my expectation or whether I purposely held myself back from it.
Finished reading: Penguins Stopped Play by Harry Thompson 📚
