Project Type: Review of screenplay

by M. Bijman August 5, 2017 0

Corner Gas (TV sitcom), by Brent Butt, Virginia Thompson, Mark Farrell & David Storey

At the time that I relocated to Canada from South Africa, I thought that the situation down South was prettyContinue Reading

by M. Bijman August 2, 2017 0

The Piano, by Jane Campion and Kate Pullinger

On the subject of erotic fiction, some of the most gripping sex scenes I’ve ever read are from The Piano –Continue Reading

by M. Bijman August 2, 2017 0

Secretary, by Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay), Mary Gaitskill (short story)

On the subject of erotic fiction, an unsettling and memorable example is Secretary, the 2002 film, in which the reservedContinue Reading

Art of the Title – Review of Film Title Sequences

American Psycho (2000) August 2, 2018

“I have to return some videotapes.” — Patrick Bateman In the opening moments of American Psycho (2000), Director Mary Harron presents a perfect tongue-in-cheek amuse-bouche for the satirical horror to come.The controversial adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel of the same name opens with bloody drops falling in elegant slow motion in a stark white vacuum. […]

Madly (2016) April 30, 2018

“Nobody dies of love, do they?” What is that you’re feeling? The love of another – be it a person or a god – is one of the primary drivers of creative output in this world. Poets, painters, philosophers, songwriters, and scribes have long attempted to put love into words or music or images, with varying degrees of success. In the comparatively brief history […]