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Aug 24, 2024 ∞

🍺 Moved on from writing to trying some craft beers. A Bentspoke Barley Griffin Pale Ale (ACT) followed by a Garage Project Golden Path Session Hazy IPA (Vic). Preferred the pale ale to the IPA.

A beer glass sitting on a bar, shelves full of whisky bottles in the background. Part of the menu is in front of the glass displaying the name “Boilermaker House”.

Aug 24, 2024 ∞

✍️ Sitting in Victoria State Library doing some writing because why not. Love the environment.

Aug 24, 2024 ∞

🍿 My sixth MIFF film was Les Fantômes or Ghost Trail (2024) ★★★½

A rectangular image with a review of the movie Les Fantômes (Ghost Trail) (2024). The movie poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Good selected. The review reads: Hamid is a Syrian exile, having lost his wife and young daughter. The underlying narrative is a hunt for a war criminal by the small group he is part of. A relatively straightforward cat and mouse chase, the film builds its tension by showing the impact the torture, the unresolved grief at losing his family as well as worry for his mother left behind is having on Hamid. The film wavers a little in the middle and the build up of tension just sort of disappears at the end but reaches a satisfying conclusion.

Aug 21, 2024 ∞

🍿 My fifth MIFF film was Ghost Cat Anzu (2024) ★★★

A rectangular image with a review of the movie Ghost Cat Anzu (2024). The movie poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Good selected. The review reads: A manga adaptation, this anime has the titular ghost cat being a bit of a deadbeat, talking rubbish, being sarcastic, farting; all while dispensing wisdom and helping a young girl deal with loss and sorrow. It offers some commentary on debt and gambling while showing how friendships are important. The animation style is quite visually appealing and I enjoyed this as a change of pace.

Aug 21, 2024 ∞

🍿 My fourth MIFF film was Timestalker (2024) ★★★½

A rectangular image with a review of the movie Timestalker (2024). The movie poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Good selected. The review reads: A quirky black comedy with Agnes reincarnated through history, repeating the mistake of thinking she is in love with Alex. A fatal attraction hundreds of years in the making. A great bit of fun, with Nick Frost as her spurned beast of a husband seeking retribution across the years. It did feel like a series of skits rather than a cohesive whole as Agnes slowly learns romantic obsession can be tedious and unfulfilling.

Aug 20, 2024 ∞

🍿 My third MIFF film was Grand Tour ★★

A rectangular image with a review of the movie Grand Tour (2024). The movie poster is on the left and the review on the right side. Across the bottom is a rating of Poor Okay Good Great with Okay selected. The review reads: Filmed in black and white, in 1917 Molly chases her fiancée Edward across Asia after he gets cold feet. A mix of current day and past, with a storytale narrator, Molly’s part of the story has more interest than Edward’s. While a visually appealing travelogue, the lack of dialogue and the mash of past and present just didn’t click with me.

Aug 20, 2024 ∞

🍷 “I have a hunch you’re someone who enjoys a digestive or sweet wine after lunch” as he slips me the dessert wine list - waiter knows his stuff.

Aug 19, 2024 ∞

There are two 30 something women having a very deep and meaningful conversation, very loudly, in this small wine bar. I had to order another glass of red as I’m very invested.

Aug 18, 2024 ∞

🖊️ A 15% off sale = more notepads and a new rollerball.

Aug 16, 2024 ∞

🍿 My second MIFF film was Brief History of a Family (2024) ★★★½