Dearest sinister, This morning over breakfast of teas and hot toast dripping with honey sorry, I was reading The Daily Telegraph and came across this which you may (or may not) find interesting: Todd Solondz...drew fierce controversy three years ago for Happiness, a film featuring sympathetic if squirm inducing portrayals of a paedophile a stalker and a murderer. His new movie storytelling is split into two parts; the first 'fiction' is set in a creative writing class; the second 'non-fiction' follows a documentary-maker and the dysfunctional family he films. In both sections, characters are confronted with precisely the same criticisms Solondez has faced, suggesting that he may be weary of accusations of tastelessness, and has become more interested in mining the moral and artistic dilemmas inherent in this seam of drama. This new focus provides a welcome addition to the uncomfortable laughter of his trademark taboo-breaking comedy, but one must hope it does not lead him to lose the ability to confront truly dangerous subject matter. The most explosive issue in this movie -the sort of high-school gun massacre that devastated Columbine- is flagged up, but never deeply explored with the fearless gaze that Solondz brought to Happiness. Never the less with strong performances by John Goodman and Paul Giamatti, Storytelling is certainly a film to watch out for when it opens later this year. apologies for making you read all of that in the vain hope that B&S might get a mention but still I hope you all found it mighty interesting. B&S don't seem a touch shy about backing up crazy little films. One morning about a month ago I couldn't sleep. I ended up curled up in a chair watching The Open University on BBC2. It was all about filmmaking. Anyway to end the show they played this incredibly strange short film about a boy who was obsessed about horses. I can't remember the exact plot, but horses seemed to feature quite prominently and swinging along in the background was none other than 'Judy and the dream of horses'. appropriate? yeah, you could say. anyway best be off, goodbye all, kirsty ( I can't believe I admitted to reading The Daily Telegraph in my first post)XX ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+