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Le Havre: an ode to community
Contains spoilers I love themes of community in film. When a group of disparate people connect through place or experience and then band together for the common good, I’m all in. One example is The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953, dir. Charles…
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Nicolas Cageathon #1
The Best of Times (1981) dir. Don Mischer – played Nicholas (credited as Nicolas Coppola) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) dir. Amy Heckerling – played Brad’s Bud (credited as Nicolas Coppola) Valley Girl (1983) dir. Martha Coolidge – played…
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Point Break: the awakening of Johnny Utah
Contains spoilers Over the various Covid lockdowns in 2020-21, my main method of socialising (other than Zoom quizzes) was watch parties. A friend and I would pick a director and then view several of their works. Kathryn Bigelow was one…

