Source: Unsplash by Alex Litvin Jaromil Jireš’ 1970 film, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, adapted from Vítězslav Nezval’s novel of the same name, is a melodramatic and melancholy dream-depiction of a child traversing the unfamiliar experiences of menstruation and lust. The film is of the Czech New Wave and is notable for its blendContinue reading “VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS: FILM REVIEW”
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“EVERYTHING’S ALREADY BEEN DONE BEFORE”: A REFLECTION ON CREATIVE READING AND WRITING
Source: Unsplash by RetroSupply My current creative slump seems to coincide with a desire to read stories where ‘nothing happens’. Why, especially as readers in the Twenty-First Century, should we care for slow-paced descriptions and seemingly trivial events? In his short story, ‘A Little Ramble’, Robert Walser expresses, ‘We do not need to see anythingContinue reading ““EVERYTHING’S ALREADY BEEN DONE BEFORE”: A REFLECTION ON CREATIVE READING AND WRITING”
DICKINSON: APPLETV+’S PERFECTLY EXECUTED LOVE LETTER TO EMILY AND HER POETRY
Source: Pexels by Ravi Kant After many hours of denial, contemplation, and the drying of tears over the past few days, it seems now is the right time to talk about (in its entirety, but relatively spoiler free) the modern masterpiece that is the AppleTV+ comedy series, Dickinson, which concluded it’s third and final seasonContinue reading “DICKINSON: APPLETV+’S PERFECTLY EXECUTED LOVE LETTER TO EMILY AND HER POETRY”