Getting lost in life is easier and far more common than we might suppose. In a world filled with definitive answers (not all of them right, of course), exhortations to be yourself and a sense that anything is possible, many people feel guilty when they feel adrift as if being Continue Reading
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I am an extrovert gay man living in Sydney who loves Indian food, current affairs, music, film and reading, caramel anything, and a beautiful guy called Steve who makes every day a delight. I am trying to get two novels in a trilogy ready for e-publication, love my iPhone & iPod, and am secretly Canadian in my soul. Life is fun, exciting and joyful and I aim to make the absolute most of it!
Lessons from the Screenplay: The Soul of character design
SNAPSHOT[This video examines] two fundamental elements of character design—want and need. Pixar’s film Soul puts these aspects of story structure right on the surface, and demonstrates why they’re so critical to creating a compelling, emotional character arc. (synopsis via YouTube (c) Lessons from the Screenplay) Soul is a beautiful, funny, Continue Reading
Book review: Last One at the Party by Bethany Clift
As a species, we love our all-conquering heroes. Perhaps because we feel insufficiently equipped to deal with life in its mundanity but most especially in its more extraordinary moments, we cling as tightly as we can to people who know all, can do all and rather happily for a world Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The bear and fleeting fame of The Moon’s Not That Great
SNAPSHOTAfter an astronaut returns from her lunar mission to find that the public lost all interest in the moon, the stories of the astronaut, a film director, and a bear intersect. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) There is a compellingly beautiful heart to this most attractively animated of short films. The Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Once & Future (V1: The King is Undead and V2: Old English) by Kieron Gillen + Dan Mora + Tamra Bonvillain
There are rare and special times when you read a graphic novel when you realise, within mere frames of the story’s commencement, that you are reading something very, very good indeed. That here is an adventure very worth taking, one with a wholly engaging story that compels you to keep Continue Reading
Time for half a zombie: Fear the Walking Dead season 6b trailer
“Death. Destruction. Decay. It’s inevitable.” What a cheery way to begin a trailer for the second half of season six of Fear the Walking Dead which, let’s face it, has been getting darker and darker, rather fittingly for a show set in the zombie apocalypse, since the day it first Continue Reading
Are you taking it seriously … or not? Thoughts on Bonding (season 2)
Figuring out who you are in life is rarely as clear cut and straightforward as we’d like to be. While we dream of moving majestically forward, held head high and a fist full of highly-achieveable dreams in our hands, friends and family happily by our sides and bluebirds, because of Continue Reading
Underdogs forever! Luca releases gorgeous teaser trailer
SNAPSHOTSet in Italy, Luca is a fun and heartwarming story about friendship, stepping out of your comfort zone and two teenage sea monsters who experience a life-changing summer. This coming-of-age adventure will tell the story of a young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer with his newfound best friend in a Continue Reading
Book review: Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson
Figuring out exactly where you belong is a challenge for everyone when they’re growing up. Caught in up an equally terrifying and exciting swirl of hope, uncertainty, hormones, emotional ups-and-downs and endless possibilities, figuring out the next step to that magical place where you’ll feel right at home, can feel Continue Reading
Movie review: Cowboys #queerscreen
While you could be forgiven, when viewing the events of the last few years, that humanity has gone backwards with their collective foot on the pedal, films like Cowboys reassure you with rich humanity and quietly-spoken but exuberant heart that we have not lost complete sight of what we could Continue Reading