Films

·         Magnolia. 1999. Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. Dark and moody. Life, love, loss, emotional trauma, guilt, stupidity, forgiveness, honesty, compassion, redemption. All this packed into tales of synchronicity, and the lives of intertwined characters during 24 hours in LA. And frogs.

·         From Dusk til Dawn. 1996. Robert Rodriguez. A movie of 2 halves. Bad ass B movie followed by rubbish. Entertaining kitch.

·         The private lives of Pippa Lee. 2009. Dir. Rebecca Miller. layers of life and love history can lead to quiet desperation ... then happy rebirth. This was a corny film, but I liked it.

·         Is anybody there? 2008. Dir. John Crowley. Learning to live with life, this is an excellent portrayal of understanding and acceptance of human frailty and regret.

·         The Last Station. 2009. Dir. Michael Hoffman. The pain of a long love derailed by celebrity and tension between pragmatism and idealism.

·         The Hurt Locker. 2008. Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. So I've watched it now. It was worth it. Interesting crack opens to some of the truths of war.

·         The Good Shepherd. 2006. Dir. Robert De Niro. Lies, lies and more damn lies. How the CIA grew and played international politics as if it were a college game.