This is how much disconnected I am with the current music scene: I had no idea that Alana Haim is a musician of some renown, along with her sisters, in the band Haim, and had even less of an idea that PTA had directed several music videos for them. According to Spotify wrap up, my most listened artist was The Rolling Stones and the most listened song was Wild Horses. As Kurt Vonnegut would say, un-un-stuck in time.
But it…
You think countries run the fucking world? Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these days.
This isn't going to be about the movie. I just finished reading the book a few days ago and decided to rewatch the movie. When I first saw this, a couple of years after its release, I hadn't even heard the name John le Carré. I saw it as a fan of Fiennes and Weisz and because I…
The first movie I saw at this edition of TIFF was about a trio of sisters who converge at their mother's place and dig up buried resentments and past slights. That movie was North Star and one of the weaker entries that I saw.
The last movie I saw at this edition of TIFF was about a trio of sisters who converge at their father's place and dig up buried resentments and past slights. This…
Dane DeHaan. This kid has a bright future, if he keeps making good choices. I didn't think anything could make me want to see The Amazing Spider Man 2, but now I am looking forward to it due to DeHaan's presence.
Anywho, he is not the only star of the movie. A rendition of the origins of Beat Era, this has a who's who of literary names: Allen Ginsberg (who takes the centre stage here with a tremendous performance from…
