October 5, 2026
Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, The Year of Living Dangerously; Witness; Mosquito Coast and The Truman Show.
After seeing Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), I was beginning to think that maybe all Australian directors liked to work on stories set in the 19th century about uptight Victorian women with parasols,
September 28, 2026
POLANSKI
Films: Repulsion (1965), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974), The Tenant (1976), The Pianist (2002)
Without culture what are we?
One gets the feeling when reading about Roman Polanski that his body of work cannot be easily taken in as a whole; unlike, say, Fellini, whose work is comprehended so often in totality that the expression Felliniesque makes sense to virtually all movie buffs.
September 14, 2026
I completed my master’s degree in New Mexico, where I encountered the same constellation of writers over and over. Most stories– Anaya, Silko– revolved around identity and belonging, creating an us-versus-them dynamic palpable in most Southwestern literature set in this state. For the past few decades, the mestizo protagonist trying to reconcile their heritage with their desire to achieve in White society has been the primary dramatic device. Chloé Happe’s forthcoming novel Desolation E-Girl,
September 14, 2026
Looking for love?
David Lynch might or might not be, who knows? but clearly so are his female protagonists, although they never find it and that is a part of what the Lynchian universe consists of: lovelessness.