So I finally got to see Samson and Delilah last night. Wow! I fully understand why it got the Caméra d'Or at Cannes, because I have trouble imagining I'll see a better film this year at least.

( Review of sorts, spoiler-free, but the movie does show drug use, death, and violence )

I just heard that the Camera d'Or, the prize for best first film at Cannes, has been awarded to Warwick Thornton for Samson and DelilahIf, as a result of RaceFail for example, you'd like to support non-white art making, how about a first film by an Australian Aboriginal director, based on his own life experience, starring previously-unknown ( Read more... )

[From Ingridients]

Some stuff I noticed while I was in NZ didn't seem to fit in the blow-by-blow tour guide I've written so far.

( so it got a post of its own )

[From Ingridients]

Quick comments on six books I've read the last six months or so, and one movie. No major spoilers.

( E = mc², The Silver Pigs, The Kindness of Strangers, Persepolis, V for Vendetta, The Jane Austen Bookclub, A Crack in the Edge of the World )

From Ingridients

( My review, with spoilers )