A look at Green Book (M)
Hands up if you knew that a special guidebook known colloquially as the Green Book was written in 1936. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Finally. Best live 2018 by Les Everett
Excuse the delay. I’ve been sitting around doing nothing… Continue reading
Is love the only enduring force we know? by Richard Jones
A look at Cold War (M)
It’s often said that love can transcend any era and any setting. Continue reading
A dysfunctional family in modern day Japan by Richard Jones
A look at Shoplifters (M) Continue reading
mirror mirror on the wall 2018 by Song List Rat
it will happen to everyone sometime in their lives but i was just sure it would never happen to me. but in 2018 i woke up one morning and looked in the mirror. what i saw was not too bad but then again it was not too good. initially it was hard to put a finger on where the problem lay but after a little preening it soon became obvious. i just wasn’t INDI enough! Continue reading
Finding the Joy by Rick Kane
2018 was a cruel year. My general optimism took a battering. ..I almost keeled from the weight of events having been pummelled by the waves. Add anxiety attacks, manifested in uncontrolled physical convulsions, and you get at least a small fragment of the cracked rear-view mirror through which I bid 2018 goodbye. Continue reading
A dozen of my favourite movies for 2018 by Richard Jones
Richard Jones looks back at a busy viewing year
I think we all blinked when we read in about April or May comments from Fairfax Media film critics that with the Oscars season over we’d seen the best movies for the year. And in a way, looking back, I’d have to now agree. My Top Six for 2018 were all viewed before the end of April. It was a very ‘skinny’ few months after that although by the end of the year things were looking up again. Continue reading
