With the recent release of The Long Walk (2025) I wondered, young people in a totalitarian government’s televised competition where only one contestant can survive, where have I seen that before? The Long Walk, a novel written by Stephen King and published in 1979. describes a dystopian survival thriller. Fifty boys in an annual televised… Continue reading Walking in Circles
Elegy in silk and silence. A love that never arrives Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love is not a romance - it's a requiem. A film of glances, gestures and gliding camera work, it tells a story of two neighbours in 1960's Hong Kong who discover their spouses are having an affair. In their… Continue reading The Silence and Longing in In the Mood for Love
A life in service. A silence of regret James Ivory's The Remains of the Day is a masterclass in emotional repression. Adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, the film follows Stevens, a devoted English butler whose loyalty to duty eclipses his own emotional life. Set against the backdrop of a fading aristocracy and rising political unrest,… Continue reading The Art of Silence in The Remains of the Day
Three women, three timelines, one quiet ache Stephen Daldry's The Hours is a cinematic elegy - woven from silk robes, ticking clocks and the emotional weight of lives lived in a quiet desperation. Adapted from Michael Cunningham's novel, the film follows three women across different eras, each haunted by the same novel (Mrs Dalloway), and… Continue reading Exploring Time and Silence in The Hours
Three films,three silences, one cinematic retreat inward This week's moodboard is stitched from silence, longing and the emotional weight of what's left unsaid. These films don't chase drama - they cradle it. They unfold in rooms filled with soft light, unsent letters and glances that linger longer than dialogue. Whether through repressed desire, historical duty… Continue reading Elegy in Silk & Silence
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