Wow the finger really is on the pulse of the youth culture here isn’t it? Having spent all week arguing the moral toss about that most modern of ethical dilemmas, I then spent most of yesterday kicking ideas about for a bit of paid work Chris and I have which is also aimed at angst ridden teenagers.

The project involves working with teenagers and getting a lot of feedback and ideas from them. It’s interesting to see how angry they are about the way they get treated and represented. Not surprising because I remember feeling exactly the same, but I was once again struck loud and clear by the irony of how teenagers spend a lot of time wishing they weren’t whilst the rest of spend a lot of time wishing we were… or at least acting like we still are.

Anyway to complete my week of angst and acne I find that Film of the Month is also a raging mess of hormones…

I urge you, if you haven’t already, to watch all four of these films as all have at least a touch of brilliance. Tom Harper gives you some clues as to why he’s already signed up for his second feature with “Cherries” and I imagine David Schofield won’t be far behind him in making that jump if his impressive film “Ryan” is anything to go by.

Perhaps its the sunshine though but I’m currently more in the mood for things that make me laugh. “Ruby” is Alex Jacob’s witty update of Little Red Riding Hood and it stars the immaculate Ellie Paskell. I was lucky enough to meet the pair of them when the film screened at Branchage last year and both are massive talents for you to watch and work with.

However, not that it counts for anything much, but my personal favourite was James Cooper’s “Speechless” which is more than worth the next seven minutes of your attention…