Fiction

  • Bucky F*cking Dent by David Duchovny
  • Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
  • Green Island by Shawna Ryan Tang
  • Human Acts by Han Kang
  • The Sellout by Paul Beatty
  • The Lonely City by Olivia Laing
jan 23 2017 ∞
oct 30 2017 +

Books

Blog things

nov 16 2016 ∞
nov 16 2016 +
  • Dr. No (1962-Sean Connery)
  • From Russia With Love (1963-Sean Connery)
  • Goldfinger (1964-Sean Connery)
  • Thunderball (1965-Sean Connery)
  • You Only Live Twice (1967-Sean Connery)
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969-George Lazenby)
  • Diamonds Are Forever (1971-Sean Connery)
  • Live and Let Die (1973-Roger Moore)
  • The Man with the Golden Gun (1974-Roger Moore)
  • The Spy Who Loved Me (1977-Roger Moore)
  • Moonraker (1979-Roger Moore)
  • For Your Eyes Only (1981-Roger Moore)
  • Octopussy (1983-Roger Moore)
  • A View to a Kill (1985-Roger Moore)
  • The Living Daylights (1987-Timothy Dalton)
  • Licence to Kill (1989-Timothy Dalton)
  • GoldenEye (1995-Pierce Brosnan)
nov 21 2012 ∞
jul 29 2013 +
  • Oro (2016)
  • Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things (2016)
  • La La Land (2017)
  • Sing Street (2016)
  • Doctor Strange (2016)
  • Logan (2017)
  • The Interview (2014)
  • Hidden Figures (2016)
  • Get Out (2017)
  • House of Flying Daggers (2004)
  • CHiPs (2017)
  • The Handmaiden (2016)
  • Silence (2016)
  • Ponyo (2008)
  • Okja (2017)
  • Thor (2017)
  • Days of Being Wild (1990)
  • In the Mood for Love (1994)
  • 2046 (2004)
jan 7 2017 ∞
nov 5 2017 +
dec 18 2014 ∞
jan 9 2015 +

Curiously, the chiming of the hour seemed to have put new heart into him. He was a lonely ghost uttering the truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage."

Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there was still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason."

"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiar...

mar 20 2013 ∞
mar 20 2013 +
  • Kids really truly believe that Jesus is way better than other superheroes, often particularly singling out Batman and Barbie.
  • Their superb coloring skills mutate everything.
  • You ask for a hug and you get a bonus "I love you, teacher".
jul 13 2012 ∞
jul 23 2012 +
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  • Oh, you're such a pretty thing. I'll take you and I'll make you all mine. (From The Clouds, Jack Johnson)
  • For you I bleed myself dry. (Yellow, Coldplay)
  • You tried to replace me but you didn't get far. And I tried to repay you but I only got scarred. (4 Broken Hearts, Norah Jones)
  • She'll be breaking your fall. And I'll be building new walls. (4 Broken Hearts, Norah Jones)
  • Go to her, foolish man. What's the use of having pride if you don't have her? She'll endure all she can. But you can make this easier for your own hurt. (She Left On a Monday, Bic Runga)
  • Don't you remember the reason you loved me before? (Don't You Remember, Adele)
  • I don't really know you. I don't think I want you, but I can fake it if you can. (...
jul 8 2012 ∞
dec 21 2012 +
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
  • A History of Violence
  • All About My Mother
  • Almost Famous
  • Amelie
  • American Beauty
  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  • Avatar
  • Babe
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Before Sunrise
  • Being John Malkovich
  • Best in Show
  • Big Night
  • Boogie Nights
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • Children of Men
  • Chungking Express
mar 13 2012 ∞
dec 30 2016 +
jan 14 2017 ∞
jan 16 2017 +
  • "James Bond Theme" John Barry & Orchestra
  • "From Russia With Love" Matt Monro
  • "Goldfinger" Shirley Bassey
  • "Thunderball" Tom Jones
  • "You Only Live Twice" Nancy Sinatra
  • "Casino Royale" Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
  • "We Have All The Time In The World" Louis Armstrong
  • "Diamonds Are Forever" Shirley Bassey
  • "Live And Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings
  • "The Man With The Golden Gun" Lulu
  • "Nobody Does It Better" Carly Simon
  • "Moonraker" Shirley Bassey
  • "For Your Eyes Only" Sheena Easton
  • "All Time High" Rita Coolidge
  • "Never Say Never Again" Lani Hall
  • "A View To A Kill" Duran Duran
  • "The Living Daylights" a-ha
nov 23 2012 ∞
dec 22 2012 +