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Month: July 2020

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Fight (2020)

A documentary about the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawyers, which I would definitely add to The Observer’s list of 20 … More

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven is probably the most ‘optimistic’ and captivating post-apocalyptic novel I’ve read. It is probably because it deviates from … More

Emily St. John Mandel, pandemic, science-fiction, Station Eleven

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My Fight Your Fight by Ronda Rousey

I read this biography a few years ago, in the US, just after it was published. Then a 28-year-old Ronda … More

autobiography, MMA, My Fight Your Fight, non-fiction, Regan Arts

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Last Dance (2020)

I can’t think of anything that I enjoyed more over the last few years. And I was told that you … More

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Hiding from the hostility of villagers and the outside world, Merricat and Constance create a world of their own, which … More

mystery, Shirley Jackson, Viking Press, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

⭐️⭐️⭐️ On the Basis of Sex (2018)

There is seemingly nothing wrong with this film directed by Mimi Leder, which captures the life of the US Supreme … More

Armie Hammer, Daniel Stiepleman, Felicity Jones, Justin Theroux, Mimi Leder, On the Basis of Sex, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Cult of Sally Rooney

I have just found an article The Cult of Sally Rooney, about how reading her work became a status symbol…and … More

Faber & Faber, Normal People, One Day, Sally Rooney

The Booksellers (2019)

One of the shots in the trailer of The Booksellers (⭐️⭐️⭐️) drew my attention to this 2019 documentary by D.W. … More

books, Curzon, D.W. Young, Fran Lebowitz, NYC, streaming, The Booksellers

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz

The Examined Life’ is a series of short case studies put together to create a subtle portrait of Stephen Grosz’s … More

Random House

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Steel Magnolias (1989)

This is probably one the greatest films I have ever seen about life and death, women’s friendship, motherhood and a … More

Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Netflix, Robert Harling, Steel Magnolias

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