Life Of P (blog)
Once a very private LiveJournal diary, now just a place where I drop thoughts, half-ideas, and the occasional pointless observation, whenever I feel like saying something.
A Hunger Strike Needs More Than an Audience: Sonam Wangchuk
Today, Sonam Wangchuk is on the nineteenth day of an indefinite hunger strike. Nineteen days without food. It is easy to read that sentence, feel disturbed for a few moments, and then continue scrolling. But pause and genuinely consider what it means for a human being to put his own body on the line because every other way of being
Obsession (2025): Movie review
Just came out of watching Obsession and honestly…. what a film. It feels fresh, intense and properly unsettling. Curry Barker has made a supernatural horror that doesn’t just rely on jump scares, but slowly gets under your skin and stays there. The kind of film that makes you leave the theatre a bit quieter than you walked in. Obsession is
From Instagram to Cannes: The New Generation of Filmmakers Is Here
Absolutely love seeing this. One of the most exciting stories coming out of Cannes Film Festival this year has been Club Kid, the directorial debut from internet creator and comedian Jordan Firstman. The film reportedly sparked a heated bidding war between studios including Netflix, Searchlight, Mubi and Focus Features before ultimately being picked up by A24 for a reported $17
Monster 怪物 (2023): Movie review
There are films you simply watch, and then there are films you inhabit. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster (Kaibutsu) falls squarely into the latter category. It is a film of such delicate, intelligent treatment that it doesn’t just tell you a story; it slowly, quietly breaks your heart. At first glance, Monster appears to be a straightforward drama about a mother fighting
#HONORtheChallenger Campaign Wins Gold at The Drum Awards APAC
Really happy to share that our campaign film #HONORtheChallenger, which I directed and produced under Square Elephant Productions and BBC StoryWorks, picked up Gold at The Drum Awards APAC. It’s a project that means a lot to me and the team, not just because of the award, but because of the person at the centre of the story. The film
Nosferatu (2024): Movie review
I finally ended up watching Nosferatu (2024) last night, and trust me, as a parent of a two-year-old, just finding the time and mental space to sit down with a proper horror film feels like a minor miracle. Half the time, I’m stuck in the Peppa Pig cinematic universe. But last night, I grabbed my wife’s Sony noise-canceling headphones, switched