Author Archives: Anna (Film Grimoire)
June 2014 Favourites
Another month has passed, and I’ve collected more links and interesting things to share! June was a pretty good month. I actually just got a job in my field (as of yesterday), so I would say it was a pretty productive one! That’s my new years’ resolution over and done with. I have lots of […]
Cara’s Blogiversary Bash: Spirited Away (2001)
The lovely Cara of Silver Screen Serenade is celebrating her first blogiversary with a big party! As a part of this momentous occasion, she called upon fellow bloggers to send in something about their most beloved films to celebrate. So, I decided to write a little review (bonus party kangaroos here) of one of my […]
Search & Rescue #4
It’s that time again – time to answer some of the strangely specific questions that are posed to me through the search terms that enable people to stumble across this blog. This edition is strangely Game of Thrones heavy, with an additional healthy dose of existentialism.
Before Midnight (2013): “This is how people start breaking up.”
The last of director Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy, Before Midnight (2013) catches up with Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy), nine years after their afternoon together in Before Sunset (2004), and eighteen years after their very first meeting in Before Sunrise (1995). Before Midnight is set during one day on the stunningly beautiful Greek Peloponnese […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: The Fault In Our Stars (2014)
The Fault In Our Stars (2014, dir. Josh Boone), adapted from the book of the same name by prolific young adult author John Green, is, as the poster states, one sick love story. Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is a seventeen year old girl who has terminal thyroid cancer, but lives an otherwise normal life. […]
The “1967 In Film” Blogathon: I Am Curious (Yellow)
One of the most controversial and scandalous films of 1967, I Am Curious (Yellow) follows a multi-layered narrative, structured as a film within a film. The film’s synopsis is as follows: Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in […]
The Royale with Cheeseathon: Five Things I Love About Pulp Fiction (1994)
Do you love Pulp Fiction? If so, head on over to the wonderful Niall‘s Royale With Cheeseathon, where this amazing film’s 20th birthday is being celebrated. There are lots of great posts up at the moment, so go and check them out! If you’re interested in finding out about five of my favourite things aboutPulp […]
Childhood Flashback Movie Challenge: Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
Did anyone else love this film back in the day? I did, so I wrote this review for the wonderful MovieRob‘s Childhood Flashback Movie Challenge. It was so nice to revisit a film that I really loved as a kid, and to see how my understanding and enjoyment of it had changed over time! There […]
Game of Thrones – Season 4 Episode 10: “The Children”
The last episode of season four! Let’s get right into it. As always, please watch the episode before reading this, as this recap/review is filled to the brim with spoilers.
F For Fake (1975): Quick-shot review!
Kind of incomprehensible, yet quite profound, and also clearly a convenient vehicle for director Orson Welles’ blatantly huge ego, F For Fake (1975) is summarised by IMDb as “a documentary about fraud and fakery” – but it’s much more than that. It’s a multilayered film with a number of stories all happening at once: one […]
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