Man with a Movie Camera
I am currently listening to Cinematic Orchestra’s new CD, Man With a Movie Camera. A great title for a great album. Cinematic Orchestra is jazz with a 21st century flavour.
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Bonobo
In December 2001 I bought a cd solely on the basis of the name of the artist: Bonobo (a.k.a. Simon Green from Brighton), my favourite animal. The CD was called Animal Magic, and proved out to be a little gem. This week Ninja Tune released Bonobo’s second album Dial M For Monkey. This one is…
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Euro No, Euro Yes
Will Britain stay an island forever, or join the happy European family?
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The Art of Travel
The new book The Art of Travel by Swiss writer Alain de Botton is an inspiring carnet de voyages, that has little in common with a regular travel guide. In five chapters he connects people to places, philosophizing on the act of travel. Botton sketches a fascinating and concise portrait of Alexander von Humboldt, an…
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Ni pour, ni contre
FR 2003 (120′)- Dir.: Cédric Klapisch. With Marie Gillain, Vincent Elbaz, Zinedine Soualem. Official site Marie Gillain is probably one of only three women I would consider proposing marriage. In Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire), as is the full title of this film, she plays innocent cameragirl Cathy. Like L’Auberge Espagnole, Klapisch’ previous…
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Shik (The Suit)
RUS/GER/FR 2002 (92′)- Dir.: Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov. With Aleksandr Yatsenko, Artur Povolotsky, Ivan Kokorin. It is not often that I get to see Russian films, not even in the Cinema capital of the World that is Paris. But two, and two good ones, in two days is a pretty good score. Three boys in a nostalgic…
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Oligarkh
FR/RUS 2002 (128′)- Dir.: Pavel Lungin. With Vladimir Mashkov, Mariya Mironova, Levani Outchaneichvili. Vladimir Mashkov turns Platon Makovski from a charming and naive scientist under the Soviet regime into an unscrupulous business man. The story is based on Boris Berezovsky, who is now wanted by the Kremlin. It is sad to see that such a…
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Il est plus facile pour un chameau
FR 2002 (110′)- Dir.: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi. With Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Chiara Mastroainni, Jean-Hughues Anglade, Lambert Wilson. Official site It is easier for a camel… To do what? To make a good film than it is for Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi? Well actually it is a quote of Jesus, whos said that it is easier for a camel to…
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Todas las azafatas van al cielo
Todas las azafatas van al cielo ARG 2002 (93′)- Dir.: Daniel Burman. With Alfredo Casero, Ingrid Rubio. My rating: | Official site | Teresa is a stewardess, pregnant but without a boyfriend. On one of her trips to the ‘end of the world’, as the Argentinians like to call Patagonia, she decides to get an…
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The Hours
USA 2002 (120′)- Dir.: Sam Mendes. With Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Claire Danes. Official site The Hours was marketed as a film with fantastic women in it. And of course it has a wonderful ensemble of actors (male and female), my attention went entirely to Claire Danes who is such a pretty lady….
