Blog: reviews

Pandora's Box
There exists in Switzerland a wonderful organisation, the Institute of Incoherent Cinematography, which arranges showings of silent movies with live accompaniment. I've been dragging friends to these for quite some time, and last week they finally showed one of the films I've most wanted, for the longest time, to see: Pandora's Box.
Film Recommendation: ByzantiumI just watched this gothic, feminist mother-daughter vampire drama and thought it was wonderful.
Various bits about blood and murderHow to make friends and influence people; a TV show I like better than Hannibal; Swiss vs. British ideas about acceptable medical risks. Contains some mention of blood.
Hannibal: my thoughts on the first two episodesMurder, cannibalism, bad manners. I have my priorities totally straight.
Polidori's summer abroadSome thoughts on The Travel Journal of Dr John William Polidori and The Vampyre.