We had another shortened week at Spectrum Culture, because that’s the way the summer goes sometimes. It coincided nicely with my own week away, but I still managed to slip in one major review, writing on a unique new documentary covering mass killings in Indonesia. It’s a complicated topic and, amazingly, an even more complicated movie, which caused me to put an awful lot of effort into the piece at a time when it would have been handier to dash one off. I hope I did it justice.

I also pulled together a few words for our feature on the best films of the year, so far. I could’ve happily opted for Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight, but I decided I could count on one of my colleagues to make sure it was duly represented (turns out the chief typed its praises). I decided instead to go for the sterling indie movie that is currently duking it out with Midnight in the ring in my mind for the designation of best I’ve seen to this point.