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 📚
Unicorns, 2023 - ★★
Challenging but not for the reasons I expected. Don’t be fooled into thinking the straight white man doesn’t have all the power in this relationship.
Finished reading: Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg 📚
Brutal. Tender. Draining. Honest. Necessary. And thankfully a little bit hopeful. The story of a life lived in between. I wonder what impact this book would have had on me if I’d read it earlier.
The Stronghold, 2021 - ★★★
Glad I’ve already been to Marseille because I’m not sure this would encourage me to visit.
Signature Move, 2017 - ★★
Less wrestling than I expected. More gay than I expected. Make of that what you will.
The Old Guard 2, 2025 - ★★
Only really deserving of 1 star (it’s an entirely unnecessary and poorly thought out film) but gets the second because, well, Charlize Theron.
Saltburn, 2023 - ★★★
As ever I let the dust settle when everyone is talking about a film. It’s visually appealing and very well acted. Has the odd one-liner that elicited a laugh and a few cringe inducing moments. But otherwise, really, what was all the fuss about?
