Could the Friends Reunion BE any more nostalgic?
It's fair to say the Friends Reunion was a mixed bag. The best? A heavy hit of nostalgia from seeing the cast reunited. The...
Comfort Films Medley – Chocolat, Call Me by Your Name, Ferris Bueller
During the summer vacation, countless people wish they could ‘pull a Donna Sheridan’ and escape to the Greek island from Mamma Mia! For me,...
Comfort Films – Stand By Me
"Immature boyishness and naivety are never glamorised..."
Comfort Films: Catching Fire
The end of Hilary term was chaotic – just a few days ago I’d been worrying about essays and pre-ing with friends, fully immersed...
Comfort Films: A Good Year
A charming British Rom-Com set in the idyllic Provence countryside, what more could you want? Sign me up, sign yourself up, sign everyone up....
Comfort Films: The Secret Garden
It is fascinating to me that nostalgia, coined in the 17th century, was originally treated as a physical disease. Nostalgia was used to describe...
Comfort Films: How to Train Your Dragon
I was not expecting to be on a plane, flying back to Australia. Libraries closed, online teaching, “unprecedented times” (etc. etc. etc.) — I...
Comfort Films: What We Do in the Shadows
Niche is one way to describe a dark comedy about a group of vampires muddling through day-to-day life in Wellington suburbia. However, Taika Waititi...
Comfort Films: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Despite box-office failure, Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World has managed to reach status as a cult classic both amongst fans of Wright’s...
Comfort Films: Cars
Last summer a friend recommended I watch Shaun of The Dead. The idea of walking around London now, surrounded by potentially asymptomatic people, does...