For the past few months, off and on, I've been toying with the idea of starting a blog about film. The reasons are typical: to do something creative, to stave off boredom, to create a container for the hours I'm spending watching and reading and thinking. As with most of the plans I've ever had, I've been hesitant. One of the reasons for the hesitancy is confidence - Do I have anything original to put forward? Can I write intelligently enough and thoughtfully enough about an artform I'm only just starting to find my way with? I decided that I'd give myself a few months until I felt better prepared to put what I have in here out there. I've been becoming even more passionate about film - watching, reading, thinking as much as possible, but still the same questions and worries keep dogging me. In the end I realised that of course these worries are going to persist, and that they'll keep on persisting until I start to write and create this container - that the confidence, thoughtfulness and intelligence will (hopefully) come after I spend some time stabbing around in the dark on this blog...So here it is: I hope that if you find me here you'll bear with it, and that after a while you'll start to see some light.