it’s been ridiculously hot in melbourne this week – mid 30’s to low 40’s [that's celsius], with only a couple of days respite. we did what every sensible person in town did: escaped to the movies. 5 times.
out of all the films i saw – which included Atonement [melancholic, profound and beautiful], No Country for Old Men [mesmerising, frightening and remarkable], The Darjeeling Limited [funny, quirky, clever] – i could not have imagined that it would be P.S. I love you i’d be asked to write meaningful things about for the paper… and indeed that i would see it twice as a result.
at least i can claim the ticket price on tax.
here it is, an op-ed piece in today’s Sunday Age about P.S. I love you … and grief, death, language and ritual.
[still on holidays... off to tasmania tomorrow... ]
Tags: grief, movies, opinion pieces, p.s. i love you, the Age

What a lovely, well-written piece Cheryl. Well done.
thanks Paul
Fantastic article, but more importantly, I now have a list of movies to see on the next hot days…
Excellent stuff, Cheryl. I love the way you weaved it together and I really love the deft touch you used too. Kudos.