First published by Sight & Sound, January 2017 Review: In the ninth book of Homer’s Iliad, the great Greek hero Achilles – homosexual in some versions of the myth, but not in Homer’s – reveals that he has been given a choice between two destinies: a short life with everlasting glory, or a long life of…
Tower Block first published by Little White Lies “Built for affordable living after the Second World War” (as the text at the film’s beginning informs us), tower blocks were once “popular places to live” but, neglected, became “a breeding ground for crime and violence”, now targeted for redevelopment. Indeed, these urban islands might be regarded as…