Many horror films depict mothers as evil, rotting, abusive creatures, determined to consume the child’s potential. Why is horror so terrified of mothers?
Archive for April, 2023
Mother knows best: Working through horror films’ mummy issues
Friday, April 28th, 2023Curtis Sittenfeld’s celebrity romcom didn’t sweep me off my feet
Friday, April 28th, 2023A comedy writer and a pop star fall for each other in Romantic Comedy, but I didn’t find the jokes very funny.
When it comes to statues, there is nothing about truth that is fixed
Friday, April 28th, 2023A book about the veracity of information on historical monuments in Australia is deeply researched, action-packed, sobering and often excoriating.
A wonderful historical novel from the ages and moving family stories
Friday, April 28th, 2023Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction
A pulsing account of the Earth and its humans
Friday, April 28th, 2023Peter Frankopan charts how natural events have shaped history and how our species has come to act on a planetary scale.
A single-minded approach to love and other affairs
Friday, April 28th, 2023After being dumped, Marnie is determined to stay single. So why is she doggedly pursuing someone else’s boyfriend?
The ‘nobody from New Zealand’ who left her mark in the literary world
Friday, April 28th, 2023People took notice of Katherine Mansfield’s work during her short writing life, but her stores are not well known today.
Curtis Sittenfeld’s celebrity romcom didn’t sweep me off my feet
Friday, April 28th, 2023A comedy writer and a pop star fall for each other in Romantic Comedy, but I didn’t find the jokes very funny.
When it comes to statues, there is nothing about truth that is fixed
Friday, April 28th, 2023A book about the veracity of information on historical monuments in Australia is deeply researched, action-packed, sobering and often excoriating.
A wonderful historical novel from the ages and moving family stories
Friday, April 28th, 2023Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction
