Shock Corridor

Howdy. Offt! March is looking like a very strong month of films at the cinema and I'll tell you what, I'm going to try and see them, and then write about them and then…ehh…maybe watch a bit o' telly or something. What is catching my eye in particular is: Nymphomaniac (parts I and II) (Lars von Trier, 2013);  Her   (Spike Jonze, 2013);  Only Lovers Left Alive   (Jim Jarmusch, 2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014) and  Under the Skin  (Jonathan Glazer, 2013) Let's kick this of with Nymphomaniac  (Lars von Trier, 2013). In typical style there was a buzz around - no! A furore - No! A brouhaha (doesn't fit as well as furore but I like the sound of it) around the film.  The controversy, or expectation, or umbrage, or what ever swell of feeling, is often stimulated in no small part by von Trier himself (see the publicity shot) . This time Lars von Trier has remained muted about the film in a self...

Howdy. I went on a holiday. I went camping. I went camping round some of Scotland to places where films were filmed, or places that reminded me of certain films (just put that in there before it becomes obvious). The plan was to do a blog post for each day but that was when I thought I was just going to look at a disparate collection of films in different locations around the country. That changed. So what the hell was I thinking!? I don't know really, I did it because I love film and almost five years ago to the day I spent 10 days in Nairn watching films, and that was one of the greatest experiences of my life, so I think I thought I'd try and emulate that in some way. It was never going to be the same as the last time because that was in once place, with hundreds of others and there were beanbags lying about and readily available scones, but the idea was there to just enjoy films in a different way. That's where the first night came from and the choice of  The ...