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  • Nordic Noir

    Nordic Noir

    November 26, 2014
    by Film, Judith Kroon, Reviews

      After Stieg Larsson’s well-loved Millennium trilogy, the popularity of Scandinavian television shows has risen drastically. And for good reason. Scandinavian crime shows, or ‘Nordic Noir’, as the popular term is, are dark and gritty, and have plots that twist and turn until you forget where they even began. The best thing, in my opinion,…

    Read more: Nordic Noir
  • A Disappointed Verdict

    A Disappointed Verdict

    November 23, 2014
    by Film, Jules Schlicher, Reviews, WB Column

    I don’t go to the cinema as much as I would like. Even though I am a big fan of everything that has to do with the silver screen, I don’t find myself in front of one very often. However, at the end of October I happened to go to the pictures twice in one…

    Read more: A Disappointed Verdict
  • Writer’s Block Happenings: Weeks 47 & 48

    Writer’s Block Happenings: Weeks 47 & 48

    November 19, 2014
    by Calendar, News, WB Happenings

    It’s time for another edition of Writer’s Block Happenings! Let’s see what’s happing in Amsterdam in the upcoming weeks: London Jazz Festival Bimhuis, 19 November 8.30 pm During Bimhuis’s 40 Years of City Links programme, the London Jazz Festival has been invited to do an exchange. Make sure to be here for the best London…

    Read more: Writer’s Block Happenings: Weeks 47 & 48
  • Philosophical Reveries and Tantalizing Guitars: A Review of 20,000 Days on Earth (Forsyth and Pollard, 2014)

    November 16, 2014
    by Film, Isabel Harlaar, Reviews, WB Column

    While 20,000 Days on Earth starts off like any regular music documentary, the film, which gives us a peek into the daily life of Australian multi-talent Nick Cave, soon starts to blur the line between fiction and reality. In directors Forsyth and Pollard’s first feature-length film, Cave, who is mostly known as a musician but…

    Read more: Philosophical Reveries and Tantalizing Guitars: A Review of 20,000 Days on Earth (Forsyth and Pollard, 2014)
  • Short Story Competition – Writer’s Block #24 – CLOSED.

    Short Story Competition – Writer’s Block #24 – CLOSED.

    November 15, 2014
    by Competitions, News, Short Story Competition 2014

    UPDATE: As per Januari 1st, the competition is CLOSED. We’re currently in the process of reviewing all of your wonderfull submissions. Still, keep an eye out for future updates: the winners will be announced at the Writer’s Block Drinks commemorating the release of the issue #24! UPDATE 2: Issue #24 is out, and the winners…

    Read more: Short Story Competition – Writer’s Block #24 – CLOSED.
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