That was the year that was

I said last year that 2009 was a year to remember for reasons both good and bad, but 2010 proved to be both a little better and in one respect the worst year ever. My father died of cancer in September after two months of illness. I miss him. My writing achievements mean little in [...]

Best Films of 2010 (the first half)

I watched a lot of films during the first half of this year. Sadly, many of them were not very good. Some of them, happily, were very good indeed. Below are the best five I watched. Only one is a Hollywood film, and it’s more than fifty years old. Secret Ballot, dir. Babak Payami (2001). [...]

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