For those of us mere mortals caught unceremoniously, and with much banality in our ordinary lives of which movies usually are not made, superheroes are impossibly exotic and exciting. They may often be of terrestrial origin, the product of a radiation leak or a spider bite or parental deprivation, but Continue Reading

We live in a manifestly unjust and violent world; no surprises there. So it makes sense that Hollywood, in an crowd-pleasing attempt to fill the void, often sees fit to serve us up movies in which justice is served, wrongs are rightly avenged and death is treated in almost cartoon-ish Continue Reading

SNAPSHOT Lost & Found is a stop motion short film that tugs at the heartstrings. A knitted toy dinosaur must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) It is easy to see why the Australian animated short film Lost & Found, co-directed by Continue Reading

For something so big and catastrophic in its impact, losing someone you love to cancer is a remarkably intimate affair. Admittedly it doesn’t feel that way at the time with so many decisions to be made, competing emotions to grapple with and lifechanging moments to get your head around, that Continue Reading