Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. Ever wished you’d never picked up the phone? Just let it ring off and go back to bed none the wiser and let the...
Who would be mean to someone with a disability? We function under the belief that we take special care of those that are differently-abled, because of their vulnerability, yet the truth is quite...
There has been one successful remake of an Alan Clarke film, Gus Van Sant’s 2003 film “Elephant.” Transporting the sectarian killings of Northern Ireland to high-school slayings in America was...
Life at the pram-face is tough for 15-year-old Mia. She’s no Wallace and certainly no Farrow but another damaged Essex girl living in the shadow of the A13. Kicked out of school, isolated from her...
The University of Oxford has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons, thanks to a few unruly members of its now disowned Conservative Association. The sordid tale revolves around an event...
The fight over health care reform in the United States has gotten nastier and nastier. Part of what passes for debate has been shrill charges from those opposed to providing health care for the...
Why must every single possible female demographic have its own clever little acronym? (I use the word “clever” here ironically.) The latest manifestation of this loathsome trend is the term TWIT....
"The Damned, Blood on the Snow" is the previous installment of Chloe Bradshaw's saga. "I'm not dead," my brother says. "Though you did injure me on Vinson Massif.” He shows me a scar on his...
This excerpt is published with permission from Roast Books. Selling Light is a seaside tale that explores the relationships forged between a young research student, a grieving widower, a...
Waiting for a mystery movie to begin is rather like being on a blind date. You are left alone in the dark as endless possibilities flicker through your mind. Are they your type? Are you their type?...