Carlos López Estrada, USA, 2020 Catching this online as part of Barcelona’s Americana Film Fest, a celebration of indy films … More
Author: Alison
Crash
David Cronenberg, Canada, 1996 When this film first shocked everyone at Cannes 25(!) years ago, someone asked J. G. Ballard, … More
Nuevo Orden
Michel Franco, Mexico, 2020 It starts out with the kind of wedding reception you’d like to be invited to. In … More
Deseando Amar
or In The Mood For LoveWong Kar Wai, China, 2000 I thought I’d already seen this but I hadn’t. It’s … More
Saint Maud
Rose Glass, UK, 2020 I’m so sorry if you are unable to go to the cinema right now. It was … More
Chin up: Moving on
This is the last part of the story of my recovery process. And so? What do I do with what’s happened to me?
Chin up: Rewriting the past
A summary of all the problems throughout my life caused by a lymphatic system blocked by fungal overgrowth.
The undoing: Feelings
The emotional fallout from fixing myself.
The undoing: Toilet taboos
My experience of being on the loo leash.
The undoing: Biomechanical rehabilitation
The long process of putting right what had gone wrong with how my body moved.
The medial malleolus 