Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. That’s quite a mouthful. And a rather scary one, as the Charlize Theron-produced, Gerard Barrett-directed film Brain on Fire sets out to prove. One of the rarer and lesser known diseases of the brain, the condition mainly affects young women, and one of such survivors is at the centre of the action:…
I’ll only leave this here: And I’ll confess now that I *still* haven’t watched BoF although it was passed to me through dark channels earlier this week. There is a definite message in the fact that I haven’t made time for that… and the fact that I have been invigilating exams this week, beside my regular…
Catching two birds with one stone today: A quick response to last night’s Pilgrimage premiere, and then today’s RA Challenge post. Pilgrimage has premiered! First of all: Hooray, the bush telegraph works pretty well! After the Pilgrimage premiere at Tribeca Film Festival last night, fans have been posting first impressions on Twitter. I have quickly put together a so-called “Moment”…
We interrupt our regular scheduling for some urgent screencapping! Pilgrimage is here, just a couple of days prior to its premiere at Tribeca Film Fest in New York. Just as I am complaining about the calm and starting up my own entertainment. I am currently undecided whether I am more excited about seeing gorgeous Connemara…
How strange to think that being sick may come with a bonus. There is nothing nice about being struck down by the flu – and mine really was textbook, with all the trimmings – but at least it does one thing: It forces you into bed, incapacitated to do much else but watch tacky romantic drama courtesy…
There is something I have omitted so far, when it comes to my series of posts on seeing LLL in New York. I have talked about (some of) the fan fun, but really, there are some thanks due, too. Even though I have got nothing to do with Thanksgiving, as a European, yesterday’s tweets and posts…
It seems as if this is a ritual for me by now – my real account of a stage door experience, including my own feelings and conclusions, always take much longer to commit to the blog than the ironic commentary via a fake review. It appears that after all these years, I still am not fully reconciled…
