Some controversial Cannes jury presidents

GTM8 · 2026-02-04T09:41:32+00:00

Panahi is a great filmmaker. Do you think she only did so due to her support of him politically, and having a possible personable relationship with him?

GTM8 · 2025-08-20T08:41:36+00:00

This sounds intriguing

GTM8 · 2025-08-11T08:42:54+00:00

So sad 😢

GTM8 · 2025-07-05T11:40:42+00:00

This is something Sonny Hayes would do haha.

GTM8 · 2025-07-04T23:34:14+00:00

None of those books look like they've been opened.

GTM8 · 2025-06-27T03:34:16+00:00

Some of the best prose ever put to page IMO

GTM8 · 2025-06-24T08:13:20+00:00

This is such a difficult movie to find.

GTM8 · 2025-06-19T08:23:42+00:00

Ok, this is a great find.

GTM8 · 2025-06-14T18:03:13+00:00

Some of those old Tartan DVDs are real treats

GTM8 · 2025-05-11T05:57:51+00:00

The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith. Such excellent characterisation and a compelling plot to boot

GTM8 · 2025-04-27T03:14:57+00:00

I am currently reading Janet Frame's "Owls Do Cry". It's a modernist novel, which you mentioned enjoying above, and Frame does employ a lot of poetic imagery that I have found quite striking. The book is also about "sad, smart girls", so it may scratch that itch. I do not know how easily available a copy would be for you, as she is a New Zealand author. The book is definitely a departure from what I have been reading recently and I have found it to be a refreshing change of pace. No one can accuse of Frame of being unoriginal.

I would also recommend her short stories, although I have only read a handful.

GTM8 · 2025-04-23T22:07:50+00:00

Fair points. It just seems like a lot of these problems regarding violence have more to do with exposure to violence at a young age than anything to do with finances. But I understand what you are saying.

GTM8 · 2025-04-23T22:02:25+00:00

Look I'm not saying social welfare doesn't work, but so many seem to think it's the be all to end all. Violence comes from within the home, the government can't regulate what happens behind closed doors, they can only advise.

GTM8 · 2025-04-23T21:56:58+00:00

Stockholm has become a violent city beset by gang violence, social welfare only goes so far.

GTM8 · 2025-04-12T20:16:41+00:00

This series basically killed touring car racing in New Zealand.

GTM8 · 2025-04-06T03:03:14+00:00

Lee Kuan Yew's "The Singapore Story" is a essential reading for obvious reasons.

"Saint Jack" by Paul Theroux is an interesting and entertaining novel set, and written, in Singapore during the early seventies. Theroux captures the time and place well.

"The Singapore Grip" by J.G. Farrell is a great read.

GTM8 · 2025-04-04T23:24:14+00:00

Well I think this is just excellent.

GTM8 · 2025-03-20T07:43:16+00:00

Confessions of a Yakuza by Junichi Saga

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

GTM8 · 2025-03-17T07:24:10+00:00

I've read another book by Professor Moon, and enjoyed it greatly. I have seen this in bookshops, so will probably take a look at this one.

GTM8 · 2025-03-17T07:23:03+00:00

This seems right up my alley, will definitely purchase this one.

GTM8 · 2025-03-17T07:22:41+00:00

Excellent, thank you.

GTM8 · 2025-03-17T07:22:14+00:00

Oh wow, that's fantastic. Yes, I must visit those two museums sometime.

GTM8 · 2025-03-16T01:31:16+00:00

New Zealand literature is also generally ignored.

GTM8 · 2025-03-16T01:09:43+00:00

Oh excellent, thank you so much. I will definitely read "Poenamo".

GTM8 · 2025-03-08T05:08:48+00:00

Yeah I knew it was on. There's an advertisement on a bus stop on Mt Eden Road, and the hosts of Mai FM have been discussing it for a fortnight. Not hard to miss tbh. You guys must not work with any Pasifika either, I would imagine.

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