Tag: film
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On Palm Springs
[cw: rape, date rape] I watched Palm Springs for the first time during the horrible winter lockdown of early 2021, when Covid rates were sky-high in the UK, and both global and personal traumas were bearing firmly down. My boyfriend and I rewatched the film for the first time over a year later – last…
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On Soul and Nomadland
It was a double feature made in that most haphazard of situations: a long-haul flight, with a movie selection featuring a surprising number of Academy Award nominees. As I scanned the offerings on the small screen, I picked out two films that loomed urgently on my unwatched list: the latest Pixar offering, and the reigning…
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On The Pursuit of Love
I have now seen Emily Wilson’s BBC adaptation of The Pursuit of Love three times in its entirety. The first time was on a whim, just after its release, as a friend and I brainstormed what to watch together that night. I hadn’t read the novel and had barely heard of Nancy Mitford. Soon, I…
Baseless Fabric 