• ‘Open Water’ – a one man hit film

    What happens when the dive boat sails away and no-one notices that you’re not on board? Chris Kentis does an amazing job answering the question; amazing because not only did he write the script but he edited it too. In fact, apart from second camera, which was operated by producer and real-life partner Laura Lau, …

  • ‘Source Code’, edited by Paul Hirsch

    if you love film and love editing it’s worth watching just to admire Paul Hirsch’s work. If the last minutes of a persons life were recorded in the brain as if on some kind of solid-state device, could they be read like data and written into someone else’s brain; a host brain, as it were? …

  • ‘The Switch’ by Elmore Leonard

    What happens when the rich dude thinks you’ve done him a favour by kidnapping his wife and refuses to pay a ransom? Ordell Robbie and his friend Louis Gara, who has just come out of prison, need to make money. Being of a criminal mindset, the answer seems obvious; kidnap some woman from the tennis …

  • ‘The god of small things’ by Arundati Roy

    I really enjoyed reading ‘The god of Small Things’ by Arundati Roy. A master of language, Arundati makes you smell, taste, hear and feel the atmosphere in which this tragic love story unfolds. The pace of the action is useful to observe. Now fast, now slow. It’s like a dance, a dream – and yet …