Audrey Tautou and a balding toothless Swede make for a beautiful film

Posted by Amy Bastow on 21/02/2012

Delicacy (La Délicatesse) Film Review

One of the many highlights of the 23rd annual Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, which opens nationally from the 6^th of March to the 9^th of April.

A beautifully exquisite film about love, loss, grief and starting again. After a fairy-tail opening, a tragic event sees Nathalie, played by Audrey Tautou, distracting her thoughts by throwing herself into her work. Just when she’s convinced she’ll never find love again, an out-of-the-blue kiss to Markus (Francois Damiens), a balding toothless Swede, changes her life forever and takes us on a journey that is sure to leave you with a smile.

I give it 4.5 out of 5 kisses.

A gruesome but somewhat intimate journey into the disposable world of finance

Posted by Amy Bastow on 21/02/2012

Early One Morning (De Bon Matin) Film Review

One of the highlights of the 23rd annual Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, which opens nationally from the 6^th of March to the 9^th of April.

Jean-Pierre Darroussin plays Paul, a successful bank executive whose life, as we see in the film’s quietly explosive and gruesome opening, has gone off the rails. Writer-director Jean-Marc Moutout creates a complex psychological drama, which shows Paul’s seemingly perfect life falling apart as he discovers the darker side of the financial world. An incredible journey into the disposable world of finance, and an even more incredible journey into the mind of one of its employees.

I give it 4.5 out of 5 kisses.

Leonardo da Vinci comes to life

Posted by Amy Bastow on 14/02/2012

Review Leonardo Live – Click on the link for my review of Leonardo Live, a documentary about the largest exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s works at the National Gallery in London

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