Opinion Seed

  • The Eight Mountains

    The Eight Mountains

    Life doesn’t need to be the dream of the highest peak, nor the borders of crunching accounting numbers on a Sunday afternoon. It can be like a plant that changes from place to place and keeps adapting.

  • R.M.N.

    R.M.N.

    Symbols give us comfort: nationality, religion, economic class. But they also dehumanise us: xenophobia, discrimination and social exclusion.

  • Past Lives

    Past Lives

    Romantic movies don’t need to always be romantic comedies, nor do they need to be drama for drama’s sake.

  • Barbie

    Barbie

    Good comedy. And, if comedy and a brand are the trade-offs for these ideas to reach more people, I’m also good with it.

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    Do Nolan-isms turn the close-up, talkie biopic into something different?

  • Final Fantasy XVI

    Final Fantasy XVI

    A leap towards a new generation. What about the old guard like me?

  • Movies of the year 2022

    Movies of the year 2022

    From state-of-the-art technology to intimate directorial debuts, this was a year of BIG feeling: physical, intellectual and soulful.

  • Games of the year 2022

    Games of the year 2022

    #1 has an astounding canopy, but the others also have their place in the sun

  • Hero and House of Flying Daggers – the two unexpected teachers

    Hero and House of Flying Daggers – the two unexpected teachers

    The two movies that would end up defining a lot of what I am as a cinephile

  • Elden Ring

    Elden Ring

    Critically, this is one of the greatest games ever designed. Personally, this might be my new favourite game of all time.

  • Movies of the year 2021

    Movies of the year 2021

    Truffle hunting in the mossy woodlands of valour, value, and care.

  • Games of the year 2021

    Games of the year 2021

    Even without tentpoles, gaming years have become very robust.