I love film noir. I'm really into classic movies in general, but the way that film noir movies are bleak, urban, sometimes mysterious, full of men who can't get a break, femme fatales in sharp hats, and the inevitability of fate... It's such a great genre. Many of these movies were lost and the whole …
Perhaps I'm lucky because I don't mind staying home too much, but even for someone like me, this lockdown is hard. We're all in it togerher, which definitely helps, but it's easy for sad thoughts and fear to creep in. Here's a list of things that are making me happy at the moment, maybe they'll …
As soon as I realised that this book was by the writer of Birdman, the film starring Michael Keaton that swept up a bunch of awards in 2014, I was really interested in reading it. The Crossed-Out Notebook is the story of Pablo, an Argentine screenwriter, who has been kidnapped and locked a basement by …
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I used to say that I'm not really a podcast person. I get why a lot of people aren't into them. But I realised that listening to podcasts is a lot like curling up with a cocoa next to the wireless and listening to the Lone Ranger. Some things have a cozy, timeless feel. And …
When I was a kid, my Mum made a lot of our clothes. I know that when she was growing up, she sometimes made her own clothes, too. She made her own wedding dress. My grandmother knew her way around a sewing machine too. Her clothes were pretty incredible actually. My point is this: …
Continue reading Wardrobe Inspiration: Would you paint your whole house pink?
Have you signed up to my Tiny Letters yet? TinyLetter.com allows me to send out more personal emailed letters to you, my readers, about my life, my thoughts, ...anything. If you like my blog, but would like something more internal and personal, this is the sign up for you. Go to: https://tinyletter.com/CravenWild and enter your email. I …
So one of the awesome parts of my job is meeting really interesting people. I was invited to the press pit of the London red carpet premiere for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, and got a chance to catch up with the stars. And to meet Tom Cruise. Yes, Maverick himself. Oh My God. If …
Continue reading Red Carpet fashion at Jack Reacher London Premiere: What They Wore, What I Wore…
Every now and then people will wrinkle an eye brow at me and ask about my accent. They usually guess Canadian, but I'm Australian. It's almost always followed up with questions about why I'm crazy enough to have moved from paradise to London... A week or two ago I wrote a bit about how I …
Continue reading My life as a writer and blogger…and why I hate the phrase “you’re so lucky”.
In this book, Barbara Leaming has looked deep into the archives to discover the life of a woman who captured the hearts and imaginations of millions before her tragic death. Oddly, the book is untraditional in that it starts with her meeting Arthur Miller for the first time. Perhaps with so many books about the …
I'm kind of surprised that I'd never heard of this place before! I came across it one Saturday night in East London, after leaving a rather disappointing event early, and wandering along at a bit of a loose end on the way to get some sushi. The place has a calm, slightly academic atmosphere and …
Continue reading Coffee, Screenings and DVD Library at the Close Up Film Centre, London.
