Book review: The Patient Ecstasy of Fraulain Braun by Lavonne Mueller (Opus, 2013) tl;dr: What, and I cannot stress this enough, the fuck?! A disturbing,
Film review: Stealing Heaven (1988), directed by Clive Donner Based on the 1979 novel by Marion Meade, Stealing Heaven tells the passionate yet doomed story
TV miniseries review: Salem Witch Trials (2002), directed by Joseph Sargent Salem, Massachusetts, late 1600s. Some girls get into hysterical fits and claim to be
Essay review: An Accursed Race by Elizabeth Gaskell (1855) When I started reading this novella on my Kindle, I was expecting some sort of fictional
Novella review: Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell (1861) It’s 1691 and the orphaned Lois Barclay travels to live with her uncle and his family
TV miniseries review: Titanic (ITV, 2012), directed by Jon Jones, written by Julian Fellowes tl;dr: The love child of Downton Abbey and That 1997 Film,
Film review: The Young Victoria (2009), directed by Jean-Marc Vallée If something’s written by Julian Fellowes, it’s bound to be good, right? Oh yeah. The
TV miniseries: The Impressionists (2006), directed by Tim Dunn Everyone will have heard of names like Monet, Renoir, Degas, Manet and Cézanne, even if you’re
Film review: The New World (2005), written and directed by Terrence Malick The description of this film read something along the lines of a European