Dancer in the Dark and Never Let Me Go

I can't believe May is almost over and I haven't fully caught up with all the films I watched. I have been watching, though mostly it was stuff for my final essays.

Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows is an okay film. It is an okay Johnny Depp film. It is an okay Tim Burton film.

Teaser poster from IMDB

Apologies

Sorry for being quiet lately, I have just finished my final year of university! There was tonnes of work to do at the end but I'm back now and i've got T-shirts for everybody! (obligatory Reel Big Fish reference)

Sarah x

Kids on the Screen

I started thinking about this today while watching J.J. Abrams' Super 8, last years monster movie summer blockbuster. Kids in movies are a tricky business. Often they can come across overly performed or cloying or they just aren't given dialogue or things to do when that would be conceivable in real life.

Beautiful Student Film

Had to link to this lovely period drama. It was shot in only five days and it's a final year university project. Spread the love!

Sarah xo

100% Spoiler Free Avengers Top Ten

There has been a tiny bit of a lag hasn't there? Well, that aside, I thoroughly enjoyed Avengers as much as I expected to and in honour of that I have compiled my 100% Spoiler Free Top Ten reasons why you should see this film / best bits / fangirl squees.

The Turner Prize

The four finalists for the Turner prize have just been announced. It features two video/film artists, a performance artist and a painter. Luke Fowler is a Glasgow based artist specialising in documentaries and I hadn't heard much about him before the Turner Prize but then I am a fiction girl at heart rather than a documentary buff. Elizabeth is known for her video installations another area I must admit that I'm no expert in. in general I appreciate art but can't tell you diddly squat about it. However, reading about the nominations I was interested to see some of their work. The last installation I saw was a 20 min film about China at the Choreographing You show at the Southbank centre last year which was enjoyable. I like the interactive nature of installations, it's a nice change from the solo, introspective nature of film.

In other news: Congratulations to any Screnzy competitors who kept going until the bitter end yesterday. My own script was abandoned at fifty pages. I'm in mourning. To celebrate your victory: