Her Private Hell: Let’s All Go for BrokeThe real pleasure of Nicolas Winding Refn’s work for me lies in the mere spectacle of watching someone go for broke so beautifully. And it’s no accident that we’re talking about s… Sep 30 26September 30, 2026Article at Soft Disturbances
Against the Tyranny of Low-Hanging Fruit: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Emily Wilson’s ‘An Uncomplicated Man’1 post published by Teodor Reljic during August 2026 Aug 02 26August 02, 2026Article at Soft Disturbances
Doctor Obvious’ Rinse & Cleanse SolutionIt’s often our dumbest beliefs that end up sticking the hardest, which is probably why they stick in the first place: surely we couldn’t be that dumb, and these beliefs, these persisten… Jun 21 26June 21, 2026Article at Soft Disturbances
Interviewer & Interviewee | An Evening With Jeff VanderMeer – Talking Maltese at The Movies on Top il-FullYou can find me bothering YouTube again! Here’s a couple of updates: An Evening With Jeff VanderMeer at the Malta Book Festival 2025 This was a bucket list moment. And Jeff was generous, grac… Jan 31 26January 31, 2026Article at Soft Disturbances
August 2025 – Soft Disturbances1 post published by Teodor Reljic during August 2025 Aug 31 25August 31, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
We Three Kings: Malta film pits monarchs on holy questBruce Micallef Eynaud’s independently produced short film, We Three Kings, reboots and revamps the Biblical tale of the three magi as a swords-and-sorcery romp Aug 18 25August 18, 2025Article at Times of Malta
July 2025 – Soft Disturbances1 post published by Teodor Reljic during July 2025 Jul 08 25July 08, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
Hard-Won Agency: Hot Milk (Deborah Levy, 2016; Rebecca Lenkienwicz, 2025)We all begin from a place of idiocy when tackling family trauma. This is largely because very few of us can hit the ‘pause’ button on life and explore our damage at our leisure, taking … Jun 29 25June 29, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
Divide and Conquer: Sinners (Ryan Coogler, 2025)SPOILERS all the way. I’m not kidding. Consider yourself duly warned. The vampires in Sinners do not represent white supermacy per se. At least, not in a definitive form, insofar as vampires … May 24 25May 24, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
Haunted Out of Life | Perfection by Vincenzo LatronicoThe central couple of Vincenzo Latronico’s fourth novel Perfection — translated into English by Sophie Hughes and published by Fitzcarraldo Editions — are living the digital nomad… Mar 20 25March 20, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
What we talk about when we talk about homeI. Is there a standard expectation of when our earliest memory is expected to be? The image I have in mind feels a bit late in the day – I was six or seven years old – but I can’t grasp for a… Feb 21 25February 21, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
What we talk about when we talk about home – Part 3Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. The space of loneliness is of course different from that of solitude – with the latter assuming the mantle of the heightened position, the zen-like placid calm a… Feb 20 25February 20, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
What we talk about when we talk about home – Part 2Read Part 1 here Both my parents are now dead, and of course I have plenty of regrets and unasked questions which will forever remain pending in a rotting pigeon-box; snuck in but unopened, and I&#… Feb 17 25February 17, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
February 2025 – Soft Disturbances1 post published by Teodor Reljic during February 2025 Feb 14 25February 14, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
Perfunctory Epic: The Rings of Power, Season 2 (Amazon Prime)DISCLAIMER: Here be spoilers. Like most nerds of my generation – lapsed or otherwise and to varying degrees of commitment and intensity – I cling hard to the pure memories of my earliest … Jan 29 25January 29, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
Camp Defiance: The Importance of Being Earnest (Max Webster, NT London)Our tickets to the National Theatre’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest happened to coincide with Donald Trump’s inauguration, and while this is the kind of coincidence one … Jan 24 25January 24, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
Nosferatu (2024) – Feeding with Friends“It’s a real film, Jack.” I keep thinking about this quote from Boogie Nights whenever I watch something that isn’t just fodder for streamers or yet another placeholder entr… Jan 12 25January 12, 2025Article at Soft Disturbances
a prayer to banish a prayerMonthly Archives: August 2024 I was molested on the bus when was around eleven or twelve. A squat man in a red shirt, specs and black hair approached me — we were both standing — and started to pinch and rub at my armpits and neck. Determined,… Aug 13 24August 13, 2024Article at Soft Disturbances
Tom Ripley Is An AuthorI’ve just finished reading The Talented Mr Ripley for the first time and I can’t help but think of the story as being essentially about what it takes to carry a narrative to full term. I remain convinced that Patricia Highsmith was essentially… May 05 24May 05, 2024Article at Soft Disturbances
