Kerry Chambers
How Far is Halfway There: Ponderings in Postgrad
I am angry. I am done in. Maybe it’s the mid-Master’s burnout speaking, the bitten-off-more-than-I-can-chew speaking, the...
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Kerry Chambers
Sep 9, 20225 min read
Feels Like Home: E.T The Extra Terrestrial at 40
Well, I never thought I would be ticking things off my bucket list already. Never gave my bucket list much thought, nor do I have any...
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Kerry Chambers
Aug 16, 20225 min read
'Life Moves Pretty Fast...': A Birthday Thought
I don’t feel old. I’m not, I really am not in the scheme of it, but damn do I feel something. I say it a lot, too, but it’s not the right...
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Kerry Chambers
May 30, 20228 min read
The Saboteur: Lounging on the Lily Pad Two Years On
This blog is two years old. What is proving to be the most expensive diary I have ever owned, I avoided an article conception simply...
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Kerry Chambers
Mar 10, 20228 min read
Gatekeepers and Godfathers: A Thought Piece on the Cinema Experience
It’s only the most famous film trilogy of all time, right? It’s only an opportunity that is too good to refuse, right? To see those films...
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Kerry Chambers
Jan 4, 20226 min read
'Tumbling Down': Another New Year's Contemplation From a Mildly Grumpy Wench
It’s New Year. It’s not a new me. There was no article delivered by me in December. Dreadful. I got a new-ish job, worked a lot, felt...
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Kerry Chambers
Oct 28, 20217 min read
'Though I Look Like Hell...': The Season of the Samurai
Halloween! Where did you come from? Do I wish I could remember how I’ve spent the month I should have been indulging in all things...
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Kerry Chambers
Oct 4, 202110 min read
'The Chaos of Existence': Mishima, Me and My Escape from Reality
Sometimes I write. Sometimes I don't. Sometimes, I can't remember if I've done either. Greetings, all and welcome to the turmoil of a...
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Kerry Chambers
Jul 30, 20219 min read
'...Now She's Angry at the Moon?': A Post-Lockdown Blues
The night I learnt of Richard Branson’s safe return following his space flight I stared up at the stars. The galaxies far away shied away...
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Kerry Chambers
May 20, 20214 min read
Kentaro Miura: Farewell to the Creator of Berserk and One of Fantasy's Greatest Storytellers
Farewell Kentaro Miura. Farewell to an inspiration. Thank you for Berserk and for your magnificent creativity
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Kerry Chambers
Jan 1, 20214 min read
"The Bigger Picture": A New Years Contemplation from a Grumpy Wench
Two weeks have passed since this blog has been updated, probably more. Things seem to get worse rather than better and now the inevitable...
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Kerry Chambers
Dec 11, 20206 min read
Bergman & Bandwagons: Why Accessibility in Cinema is Easier Than You Think
Have you ever talked to the know-it-all, well-read type? The type who read the book, the comic or cite their favourite films as The Tree...
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Kerry Chambers
Nov 6, 20204 min read
My (Un)Productive Quarantine: Calling Myself Out in the Second Lockdown
It's strange. I feel I'm treading on the same ground over and over, but here we are again. Another Lockdown, another disillusion. All...
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Kerry Chambers
Aug 28, 20205 min read
'I Am Here, Not Over There': How I've Miraculously Survived the Miserable Return to the Workplace
This won't be a long post. I'm a little tired to be honest, and want to spend some more time considering my upcoming opinion piece. Next...
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Kerry Chambers
Aug 7, 20206 min read
My (Un)Productive Quarantine: The Call To Arms
As have many others in this last wave of summons, I have been contacted by work. So I must return in the next couple of weeks of August...
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Kerry Chambers
Jul 28, 20206 min read
Remembering Olivia de Havilland: Hollywood's Sincerest 'Good Girl'
I still remember the first scene I ever saw Olivia de Havilland in. Sweeping towards the audience, matronly in her large hooped gown,...
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Kerry Chambers
Jul 5, 20205 min read
My (Un)Productive Quarantine: Life is But a Dream...
Last night I dreamt of a wigwam. Tall and narrow, I was one of six crammed in with no way in or out not matter how much the construction...
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Kerry Chambers
Jun 30, 20205 min read
Friend or Foe: My First Film and the Imposter I Became
Ill-guided self-promotion or delusional egotism, call it what you will. But today I want to talk about my first attempt at making a film....
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Kerry Chambers
Jun 18, 202010 min read
My (Un)Productive Quarantine: How I’ve Found Ways to ‘…Carry That Weight’
*Minor spoilers ahead – predominantly vague* The world is in a bit of a muddle; sometimes we all get overwhelmed by the misery that...
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Kerry Chambers
Jun 15, 20203 min read
Entering the Void: I Finished My First Draft
A massive party. An eruption of fireworks in the distance, The cheering from the neighbourhood as a step up to my window, struggling with...
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Kerry Chambers
Jun 12, 20205 min read
My (Un)Productive Quarantine: How We've Learnt to 'Bog Off' and Let Nostalgia In During Lockdown
'Beaker Club' The time had come. 'Beaker Club' The typing stopped. 'Beaker Club' The kettle boiled 'Beaker Club, Beaker Club, Beaker...
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Kerry Chambers
Jun 9, 20208 min read
"Trick or Ruddy Treat": Remembering The People's Poet Rik Mayall
"May I say what a smashing blouse you have on." - Richard Richard, Bottom We all remember our first encounter with Rik Mayall. How could...
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Kerry Chambers
May 29, 20204 min read
My (Un)Productive Quarantine: Why Attempting to Write a Screenplay Has Taken Longer Than I Thought
So for the last two months and a half I have been buckling down and working on my screenplay. I know the story, it’s something coming...
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