A list of good things that have actually happened to me in 2016

There weren’t too many but these ones are worth keeping.

1. An utterly amazing trip to New Orleans. I was lucky to get to know a few people in this most jaw-dropping, brave, joyful of cities. There…

My 2016 in films — a list

Includes films that have not yet been released in the UK — this is more of a round-up of the highlights of my cinema-going year:

Best Film: Embrace of the Serpent (dir. Ciro Guerra)

We are the Resistance, or «What’s Next?»

History has taught us nothing. But literature, art, music, films have taught us stories – of love, heartbreak, failure, rebirth, alternatives and options.