<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Lily Pad]]></title><description><![CDATA[A place for writer Kerry Chambers to share all of her short stories, essays and reviews on a variety of topics covering film to literature.]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/thelilypad</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 06:33:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA['I Feel Wide Open...' The Outcasts (Wynne-Simmons, 1982) Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's something fitting about The Outcasts being somewhat lost for more than forty years. Not right, but fitting. A true gem in Irish film]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/i-feel-wide-open-the-outcasts-wynne-simmons-1982-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67a2139566f242ec38c2607f</guid><category><![CDATA[Film Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:25:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_41863eb0ce0e4f119dfdc68d46f99155~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_914,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['It's Okay Not To Be Okay.': We Live in Time (Dir. John Crowley, 2024) Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pugh and Garfield shine but Romantic drama We Live in Time attempts authenticity; even if it’s doing too and not a lot all at once.]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/it-s-okay-not-to-be-okay-we-live-in-time-dir-john-crowley-2024-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6799449f016da509340834ef</guid><category><![CDATA[Film Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:29:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_6f8f536fefba43ac943ad891374520c8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_681,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['I Am An Appetite. Nothing More.': Nosferatu (Eggers, 2024) Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eggers sprawling horror reignites Gothicism on screen in its grimmest way...the Victorians would have loved it. ]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/i-am-an-appetite-nothing-more-nosferatu-eggers-2024-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67994481c85f5c1f20f798be</guid><category><![CDATA[Film Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:02:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_4a82c6347f254e1c8e4a7ac8200cce79~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_907,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommends: Top 15 Complex Father/Daughter Relationships on Screen]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the mother/ daughter dynamic in cinema is the strain between the genders, the conflict in the father/daughter dynamic tugs on the...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/recommends-top-15-complex-father-daughter-relationships-on-screen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63944ddbe3646aacf4c02ea3</guid><category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Japanese Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anime]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:50:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_54cfac96ac6c47c3a2f8e1899ad3311e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_669,h_361,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Far is Halfway There: Ponderings in Postgrad]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am angry. I am done in. Maybe it’s the mid-Master’s burnout speaking, the bitten-off-more-than-I-can-chew speaking, the...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/how-far-is-halfway-there-ponderings-in-postgrad</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65d1cbb45b776653128e4592</guid><category><![CDATA[Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:13:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_41df3f41752f4ce1a0994d320848716b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_542,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommends: Top 10 Ken Russell Films]]></title><description><![CDATA[*Some Images NSFW* Unpredictable, gauche, weird and provocative; words not usually associated with British cinema. But that was what you...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/recommends-top-10-ken-russell-films</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6447eaa48ad93333f9816257</guid><category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category><category><![CDATA[British Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:24:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_4cc969d52964420d9d7c4c4665c2dc0f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommends: Top 13 Anime to Enjoy this Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today as I relish the bumbling of the cooing pigeon’s fussing about the birdfeeder, thinking about summer’s I may never quite have, could...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/recommends-top-13-summer-anime</link><guid isPermaLink="false">647f3c3e422743a95684c753</guid><category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Japanese Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 23:27:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_c2eeb94dd0754c41953c6d8a9caec969~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommends: Top 10 Walerian Borowczyk Films]]></title><description><![CDATA[*Some Images NSFW* Director, animator, provocateur, the ‘engineer of ecstasy’ and more, Walerian Borowczyk wore many a guise in his...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/recommends-top-10-walerian-borowczyk-films</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64383fd198e03d140f4975ec</guid><category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:24:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_c60595daf92e4d17b2ae2c73d857167c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_751,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommends: Top 20 Werner Herzog Films]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've got Herzog on the brain. A renegade; as much a fictitious titan as he is grounded in reality. From his tumultuous relationship with...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/recommends-top-20-werner-herzog-films</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f6492063d9b0e0017f3d2c3</guid><category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category><category><![CDATA[German Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:31:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_bf4522d411b2436c8283c3c0f2b20a74~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_896,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be back.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I promise.]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/i-ll-be-back</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f35d7e7f05e2fa87a37ba5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:46:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['I Just Feel A Bit Down Or Something': Aftersun (Wells, 2022) Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well look what we have here? Another review I meant to pen almost four weeks ago. I caught Aftersun in its first week, rushed to it in...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/i-just-feel-a-bit-down-or-something-aftersun-wells-2022-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">638a64ce4b0e5d260bc08394</guid><category><![CDATA[Film Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[British Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2022 09:09:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_b5f1d01814554cc2b979c2d1b5a282dd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_506,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['It Does Look Like We're Rowin'...': The Banshees of Inisherin (McDonagh, 2022) Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is nothing like the melodic wilt of the Irish brogue. Nor is there anything quite like the razor sharp witticisms of a Martin...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/it-does-look-like-we-re-rowin-the-banshees-of-inisherin-mcdonagh-2022-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63691d29bf5df611e5ab8954</guid><category><![CDATA[Film Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Irish Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 22:10:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_966bb1f76fe0471bb8734b3a26709b2f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_818,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['The Moment Your Love Ends...': Decision to Leave (Dir. Park Chan-wook, 2022) Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Park Chan-wook is phenomenal. I missed the clanging of erotic balls in the cinema, enjoyed in a single intensive sitting some time later,...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/the-moment-your-love-ends-decision-to-leave-dir-park-chan-wook-2022-review</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63691d4c3e2233b2c0a495fe</guid><category><![CDATA[Film Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Korean Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_cfd5dd2d8e494ec9ad3453d21e2d9f15~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommends: Top 15 Leslie Cheung Performances]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘I used to think there was a kind of bird that, once born, would keep flying until death. The fact is that the bird hasn't gone anywhere....]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/recommends-top-15-leslie-cheung-performances</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62ba13bef37a511508594be6</guid><category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hong Kong Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 22:48:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_4c96dc5ea0b74417b226ed5235d68ec0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_903,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feels Like Home: E.T The Extra Terrestrial at 40]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, I never thought I would be ticking things off my bucket list already. Never gave my bucket list much thought, nor do I have any...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/feels-like-home-e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-at-40</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6315a84ef877fc805d2bb158</guid><category><![CDATA[Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Film Reviews]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 23:15:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_94fd03254cf0449490b6e6fc822b1d03~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_865,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['Life Moves Pretty Fast...': A Birthday Thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t feel old. I’m not, I really am not in the scheme of it, but damn do I feel something. I say it a lot, too, but it’s not the right...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/life-moves-pretty-fast-a-birthday-thought</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62fbc58853686b7ac0c9c871</guid><category><![CDATA[Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:00:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_e7169b04372141dfb8bd8a13b2be71f0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_899,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommends: Top 10 Films by Tsai Ming-liang]]></title><description><![CDATA[A neon dreamscape; a lonely meander through the cities, bodies meeting bodies, missing one another in a breath. Tsai Ming-liang has...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/recommends-top-10-films-by-tsai-ming-liang</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62deda95d3a142af75ae90e1</guid><category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 16:41:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_8beee7e1dfc442e7bd33ef3496a98012~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_699,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recommends: Top 5 Films of Toshiaki Toyoda]]></title><description><![CDATA[How does one start a discussion about one of Japanese Cinema’s most underrated filmmakers? By stating just how underrated he is. That is...]]></description><link>https://www.kerrychambersthelilypad.com/post/recommends-top-5-films-of-toshiaki-toyoda</link><guid isPermaLink="false">629e3886ca3ef0c4c102f0f7</guid><category><![CDATA[Lists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Japanese Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinema]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Cinema]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:30:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ad8717_94cd6575ddb140729df6e7da672cca80~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_688,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kerry Chambers</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['From the Star...': Children of the Sea (Dir. Ayumu Watanabe, 2019) Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[“From the star. From the stars. The sea is the mother. The people are her bosom. 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