Regular readers of Talking Movies via Twitter and Google Plus will have noticed that I’ve started contributing reviews and features to newly (re)launched website HeadStuff.org.
HeadStuff.org was founded by editor Alan Bennett, who does a better job of explaining what it’s all about than I could in this piece:
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/03/headstuff-launch-thanks/
The site now has a shop and its own podcast (first episode featuring Jarlath Regan). And having said I’d leave it to him I’ll wade in anyway and have a bash at explaining it. Imagine a site that encompasses all the areas you’re interested in, not just one, not just two or three, but all of them. Remember that scene where Rory Gilmore explained to her mother why she needed to have so many books in her bag? Sometimes you just want to read a short story, some journeys need a long novel, other times you want to delve into a life, but sometimes you can’t handle biography, so you need some good non-fiction. Rory’s bag of variety is HeadStuff. If you want to find interesting articles on science, film, music, television, history, literature, visual arts, humour, or topical issues then HeadStuff.org is for you.
So here’s a round-up of what I’ve written for them so far.
Inherent Vice
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/01/inherent-vice-review-no-1/
Cake
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/02/cake-a-review/
Focus
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/02/focus-a-review/
And as well as reviews there’s been a brace of features:
Gotham Inc: The WB and their IP
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/01/gotham-inc-warner-brothers-and-their-intellectual-property/
JDIFF 2015
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/02/jameson-dublin-international-film-festival-2015-a-preview/
And also pithy predictions in a series of pieces in which HeadStuff’s film writers tried to call the Oscars:
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/02/oscars-2015-who-will-win-who-should-win-best-picture/
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/02/oscars-2015-who-will-win-who-should-win-best-director/
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/02/oscars-2015-who-will-win-who-should-win-best-actoractress/
http://www.headstuff.org/2015/02/oscars-2015-who-will-win-who-should-win-best-original-screenplay/
And this is only the beginning…
