Directed by John McTiernan 132 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 DIE Everyone likes to spend their Christmas differently, and everyone likes to watch different films over the Christmas break. I know this after having a discussion with a student whose flatmates chose The Human Centipede (2009) as their Christmas film – a far cry from our […]
Read More Die Hard [1988]Directed by Frank Capra 130 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 ITS On polls of the best Christmas films of all time It’s a Wonderful Life always ranks towards the top, usually as number one. It may surprise you to then learn that the film has deep themes of depression and even suicide. I would […]
Read More It’s A Wonderful Life [1947]As part of our Black History Month celebrations, and to launch our new Read At Leicester texts, the Library hosted a series of book clubs called LitLunches. Every Monday in October, students and staff met for an hour to discuss a specific essay from The Good Immigrant (2016), and here’s a quick summary of some […]
Read More LitLunches: “The Good Immigrant” – Write UpOriginally published between 1993 and 1997, Ghost World is an interesting take on the relationship between two girls in a small American town. Having just graduated high-school, the two seem at a loss for how to begin their transition into adulthood or the next stage and navigate this difficult landscape through cynicism, pseudo-intellectual pretensions or […]
Read More December 2018: Ghost World by Daniel Clowes