Category Archives: The Focus blogs
Marley: Music, Marijuana and Meaning
As lead singer and rhythm guitarist for reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers, Bob Marley became a figurehead for both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement. Directed by Kevin Macdonald, this linear documentary details his origins, charts his success and mourns his tragic death through a blend of archive […]
The Social Network
I’ve recently been introduced to the world of Circalit, and I have quickly let my pals at TFP know all about it too. Now it is my turn to tell you readers about it. For those of you are like minded creators, whether it be writing film or writing novels […]
Sun, Sea And A Whole Lot Of Film
This week I shall step away from actors and internet virals and return back to festivals. I have recently expressed my dislike of the Academy Awards and instead stated my respect for the film festival circuit. Well the awards season is now dead and the festival season is just beginning. […]
Unappreciated by the Literary Profession: The Genius of Roald Dahl
“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.” – Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Over the years literature has been subjected to a ludicrous amount of scrutiny. This scrutiny I speak of is not only inside the literary profession but to those who wish to […]
Are Literature Standards Slipping?
Don’t you remember the good old days? Remember those days where politicians cared, where people were generally nicer, and life was better? No? Me neither, these days suck just as much as the old days. People always tend to look back on the old days with a smell of nostalgic […]
Simple Poster Art
Given my little rant about photography research last week I thought that this week I’d take a step back and share with you some rather beautiful and clean graphics based imagery I have been taken in by this week in my web wonderings. Whilst I have always been a fan of details, […]
The Tube Of Doom!
New ventures are always exciting, ALWAYS regardless of what the masses think about change being bad, it doesn’t always have to be; so make sure you crawl out from under your rock and if something is changing or new just have a peek at it first and see if maybe […]
Maurice Sendak
In a strange, morbid coincidence I had already begun to write this week’s blog in a reflective mood, spurred on by the recent publication on the 8th of this month by The Secret of Evil, a short story playlist posthumously released by the late, exceptionally gifted Chilean author and poet […]
International Cervantino Festival….and a hilly place of frogs?
So Mexico is still tingling all my senses and making me glad I decided to up sticks and move all this way to teach English and explore an incredible country with such a rich heritage. So after asking many of my students where I should visit I have acquired a […]
The Tube Of Doom….
This week’s blog is a complete detachment from last week’s blog and certainly from any blogs that I have written recently. Instead of discussing film techniques, theory or current trends and goings on within the world of film I shall be discussing a more direct form of media which most […]
