How fast do you have to run to truly escape your past? This is a question that has been posed in many different ways over the centuries, with the idea of disappearing into the ether and starting anew in entirely different places being a theme that has fascinated artists for generations. It is also a…
Category: Drama
I Only Rest in the Storm (2025)
In the early 1970s, Tom Zé released an album that featured a particular song, “O Riso e a Faca” – it’s not widely considered one of his most famous compositions, nor one that is regularly discussed beyond the occasional mention. Despite this, the message at the heart of the song (the title translating as “the…
Souleymane’s Story (2025)
There are few subjects today that stir up quite as much discourse as that of immigration, and it seems like the conversation around the people that seek refuge in supposedly “developed” countries will always undoubtedly devolve into ferocious arguments about the need to preserve a culture and its people, as if many of these countries…
Ponyboi (2025)
When all is said and done, all we have that is truly our own is our identity – material possessions don’t last forever, friends (and even family) come and go, and achievements ultimately mean very little. All we can hold onto in challenging circumstances that can never truly be taken away is our own inner…
Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes (2025)
When travelling through any part of the world that holds some significant history (regardless of region or continent), I am always struck by the feeling that I am not alone at that present moment – even without a travelling companion, there is a familiar feeling that lingers over many of these places, creating a sense…
On Swift Horses (2025)
There is nothing quite as frustrating as the feeling of being forced into a life from which you cannot ever truly escape – not because of anything particularly negative or insidious, but rather that you have become a victim of the status quo, which isn’t always easy to overcome. In his novel On Swift Horses,…
A Little Prayer (2025)
Family is everything, and those of us who are lucky will find that there are some people who may not be related to us by blood or through any direct legal connection, but who enter our lives and become an important part of it. The idea of the “chosen” family has been a source of…
Blue Heron (2025)
Despite being one of the most natural processes we will experience, growing up is not always easy. Even those who are fortunate enough to spend their childhoods in comfort and luxury will know that the road towards adolescence and then later adulthood is anything but smooth – it’s extremely challenging, since not only do we…
Hedda (2025)
There’s something about Hedda Gabler that you simply cannot resist – she knows it, and everyone around her knows it, which makes her such a fascinating and beguiling figure. Henrik Ibsen’s astonishing creation has been the subject of many adaptations over the years on stage and screen, coming to be seen as one of the…
H is for Hawk (2025)
For nearly a decade, I worked in a bookstore, and from the beginning of my time there until I left a few years ago, there was a particular book that seemed extremely popular for reasons no one could ever explain to me. It proved to be a puzzling exercise in trying to determine exactly why…
The Postmodern Pelican 