Em FinanApr 13, 20236 min readRemainder of a Grammar School EgoComing out of the conservative girls’ grammar school pipeline did nothing but ruin me, in a way. I was always taught I came from the...
Em FinanMar 21, 20224 min readLight and Darkness in The Batman (2022)I was worried when I settled down for the colossal 3 hour long The Batman on a Sunday morning. As is per with most ‘darker and edgier’...
Em FinanJan 20, 20225 min readDon't Look Up: Watchable Way to Kill An EveningDon’t Look Up is the new It Girl of Netflix (or was, for a brief few days.) After seeing countless memes and people moaning on Twitter...
Em FinanNov 28, 20214 min readHouse of Gucci: Art for Art's SakeHouse of Gucci felt like a strange film for me to be so excited about. Biopics (however truthful they are) are not usually my cup of tea,...
Em FinanNov 6, 20214 min readLast Night In Soho: Edgar Wright or Edgar Wrong?Last Night In Soho is…. a fine movie. It is relatively inoffensive. It’s playful, the Swinging Sixties sequences look absolutely...
Em FinanOct 31, 20215 min readThe French Dispatch: A Love Letter to Loneliness (and writing)I entered a showing of The French Dispatch mostly blind. I knew little of the plot, only that it centered around the French outpost of a...
Em FinanAug 10, 20218 min readEpisode 7: The University Void and Letting GoThe University Void. Graduate Blues. Call it what you want, I’m feeling it. And I think a lot of us are. It’s hard to think about the...
Em FinanMay 31, 20215 min readEpisode 6: Reflections It’s been a long time. I redrafted about six versions of this post over the past few months. I originally wrote a very pessimistic and...
Em FinanOct 1, 20204 min readEpisode 5: Returning to the University of CoronaBreaking News: The World DOESN’T Revolve around One Girl in her Bedroom When my university (Uni of Sheffield) closed just before the...
Em FinanSep 1, 20206 min readEpisode 4: Twin Peaks is a massive joke - and that’s why I love itI recently finished rewatching the first two seasons of Lynch and Frost’s cult and phenomenal TV show Twin Peaks. The first time I...
Em FinanAug 21, 20205 min readEpisode 3: How Alan Davies saved me from LockdownAbout a month into lockdown in my university student house, I was beginning to despair. I’d already binged my way through nearly every...
Em FinanJul 22, 20204 min readEpisode 2: Frustration in the NationWe Can See Face Masks and They are Scary Following the Government’s announcement of face masks/coverings becoming mandatory on the 24th...
Em FinanJul 20, 20201 min readPerhaps a Pilot...?Writing has always been a staple in my life. I have notebooks dating back to 2005 with my short stories scribbled down inside them - I...