Galaxies (Barry N. Malzberg 1975)

Hoping to see Prometheus soon, and have lifted this from the top of my SFF TBR pile to get in the mood, though a couple of pages in I think it' may be a bit meta for that task,

TV: The Eye of the Storm (Fred Schepisi 2011)

Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, and no reason to care about any of their characters. Maybe I should reread the book without benefit of Awe Blinkers. (I had a pair of them in my 20s, but they broke.) I would have been very cranky if I'd paid to see this in a theatre.

Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt 2010)

Recommended by my son, this must be in the running for most minimalist Western of all time. The poster features the only dramatic moment, and fails to convey the quietness of that moment. Um, I did drop off to sleep, but this is an amazing movie.

Slings and Arrows Season 3 (Susan Coyne and others 2006)

Moving on to Lear: 'Just a walk in the rain – for several hours – without your clothes on'

Out in Left Field (Don Lemna 2012)

This is the follow up to When the Sergeant Came Marching Home – more tales of a rural Canadian boyhood in the late 1940s.

Belvoir Street: Food (Steve Rodgers 2012)

A terrific three-hander in the tiny Downstairs space – beautifully integrated choreography by Kate Champion, lovely script and direction by Steve Rodgers, plus food. Fayssal Bazzi, Kate Box and Emma Jackson were all excellent. A truly memorable moment of intense intimacy – and they kept their clothes on!

TV: Five Days (Gwyneth Hughes and others 2010)

We're up to Day Four. This is very good British Crime Drama. We missed the first series.

This Is the Penguin Plays Rough Book of Short Stories (ed Pip Smith 2011)

This is my bedtime reading for a while.

Slings and Arrows Season 2 (Susan Coyne and others 2005)

'I won't play Maccers!' Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth and a touch of Catch Me If You Can.

Belvoir Street: Strange Interlude (Simon Stone 2012 after Eugene O'Neil 1923)

Simon Stone, the director, is very talented. The stark set is fabulous. I felt the story was being acted out for us rather than involving us. Only one of our group of five left at interval.