Lars von Trier's Five Obstructions
The Five Obstructions is about Denmark’s Lars von Trier challenging his fellow filmmaker Jørgen Leth to remake his own 1967 short film The Perfect Human – incidentally – Trier’s favourite short film.
Articles
This section is where you can find the longer articles I've written over the years.
On the Wings of Song
2003 was certainly an awfully eventful year and it’s probably fair to say it has more to condemn it than not, but at the very least, Britney Spears is losing popularity, for which we can all be thankful.
Autumn Sonata
New Jersey Moments
And never the twain…
The Grosse Apfel
(What’s So Funny ‘bout) Peace, Love & Understanding
A great thing about the current protests is the recycled nature of it all: with even the presidency being second-generation, there’s not even any need to make new signs. Just grab the ones you have lying around from 12 years ago and you’re good to go.
The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
Harlan Ellison. The fantasist’s fantasist. 68 years, 5 feet, 5 inches and a good potbelly’s worth of of ideas, of words, of attitude. Most importantly, some would argue; of genius. The man who told Bradbury “You’re not so much”.