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

Questions to Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

What is the song ‘Rings of Saturn’ about? I find myself in these lyrics. In Berlin I couldn’t stop crying when you performed it live. “Up and further up, up, up, up.” Is this song about evolving? I would love to know what you had in mind. August 20, 2019

View ArticleDear Lisa, There is great danger in asking a songwriter to explain their songs – or at least to make the assumption that their interpretation is in some way more valid or true than your own. This is simply not the case. I believe the fan often has a deeper understanding of a given song... The post What is the song ‘Rings of Saturn’ about? I find […]

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Art of the Title – Review of Film Title Sequences

Good Omens (2019) August 9, 2019

“I didn't mean to fall. I just hung out with the wrong people.” — Crowley In the beginning was the word. But Aziraphale and Crowley were there, too. Soon there were also fruit-bearing trees and enormous stone cherubs, phone booths and spaceships, and people – so many people – all marching together on a bizarro pilgrimage toward their doom. This is the p […]

Nina Saxon: A Career Retrospective, Part 1 June 18, 2019

In 1996, critic Laurie Halpern Benenson, writing for the New York Times, called Nina Saxon “one of the most sought-after designers in the business” and it was true: some years, she could barely keep up with demand. Beginning in 1980 and working well into the 2010s, Saxon lent her titling talent to more than 200 films and TV series, working with directors inc […]