If you watch Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe Review of the Year, you’ll realise how chaotic and memorable last year was. I can only imagine what 2012 has in store for us, especially considering that it signifies the end of the Mayan calendar. Leaving that doom aside for a moment though, my hopes are a little more [...]
The Second Bakery Attack
Posted in FilmWith the big screen release of Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami imminent, it was with great delight to discover a further adaptation of his work is also waiting in the wings. The Second Bakery attack, taken from the short story collection The Elephant Vanishes is directed by Carlos Cauron whose most well known for his [...]
Jonny Greenwood
Posted in Film, Literature, MusicThe Guardian report that Jonny Greenwood from my favourite band, Radiohead will make a return to film scoring. He’d previously worked on “There Will Be Blood”, for which he received a Grammy-nomination.
Norwegian Wood Pictures
Posted in FilmYou may vaguely remember me talking about the news that Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood, was soon to be turned into a film by Tran Anh Hung.
Still Walking
Posted in Film, LiteratureIf you follow my blog at all, all two of you, you’ll know that I’m quite the Japanese film fan, well film fan in general I suppose. I’m excited about the prospect of the BFI Southbank showcasing the latest work of Hirokazu Kore-eda.





