Category: Mud

On mixed signals

Posted in bit of a rant, feminism, Mud, Parks and Recreation, rape, sex education, sexual assault, Uncategorized1 Comment

In the 2012 film Mud, the eponymous hero – played beautifully by Matthew McConaughey – utters the line: “a boat in a tree – hell of a thing, ain’t it? A hell of a thing.” A hell of a thing. “Mixed signals” – hell of a phrase, isn’t it? It can mean whatever the person… Continue reading On mixed signals

What to do with your free time…

Posted in books, Hadley Freeman, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, John Niven, Kill Your Friends, Mud, music I love, Thea GilmoreLeave a comment

…if you still have any. I can’t remember the last time I fell as completely and utterly in love with a film as I did with Mud, which I saw on Wednesday evening. It certainly wasn’t the last time I made it to the cinema, to see Les Miserables – the only bit of which… Continue reading What to do with your free time…