Reality, morality, tragedy. There’s a synergy to this.

Immediately Heat is instilled with the kind of boisterous, operatic energy that is a hallmark of its contemporaries. There is a strong confidence, backed up by competence, on display, from the stars to the cinematography. It’s impeccably structured and can at times feel like a textbook construction of a crime film, but in the most satisfying way.

On paper there’s so much I could criticise about this. Somehow though, no amount of…

Why are we afraid of the first time? Every day in life is a first time. Every morning is new. We never live the same day twice. We're never afraid of getting up every morning. Why?

It is a Sunday. I wake up feeling unfulfilled, maybe fatigued, a feeling that I have found familiar for a while, and still struggle to articulate. Perhaps it is a yearning, a desire for more, or a perpetual need for something else. Something new.…