This whole Todd Akin thing has got me really depressed and angry. I wanted to do a v long post about the Sight & Sound Poll today, and even started writing, ... but, ...
"This tiny pink pistol is so cute. And it matches my clothes."
I am going to watch 8 Femmes -- which I just bought on Friday last -- drink French wine and wait for my Sweetie to come home.
Politics can tear a soul to shreds on certain days.
Catherine Deneuve, Ludivine Sagnier, Virginie Ledoyen, and my lovely Wife can save me, though. And Molly and Mavis, too.
All my Monday love, Angels! I will get that Sight & Sound report to you soon, I swear. And, an 8 Femmes review.
Right now I am rolling through Netflix's massive collection of streaming French romcoms of the aughts, watching one just about every other night.
They are not always great, or even good sometimes, but they hit me in a sweet spot like dessert. These films are truffles, rich luxurious barely naughty indulgences. And I am always left wiping the chocolate from my mouth after they are done.
But, on my journeys through Romcommedia Francaise (my passport was stamped with a kiss, mais oui!) I have discovered one film that it is not available streaming, 8 Femmes, from 2002, starring: Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier, Fanny Ardant (what a great name), and Emmanuelle Beart. Oh, dear. How have I missed this? So, I will track down this film and watch it as soon as possible. It is a period chateau murder mystery with an all female cast and singing and dancing, too!
This is my type of dessert.
Watch this space for more news and pictures of my journeys. There will be lots of postcards, I promise.
Ms Godreche plays a right-winger I would like to convert.
by The Devil's Double. It looks like a slick piece of crap, all soundtrack and porn lighting. But it does have Dominic Cooper in it and he has gotten rave reviews, even if the reviewer did not like the film.
(Another bad sign: Peter Travers from Rolling Stone loves the film.)
Very much on the fence am I, still.
I did finally see Potiche, though. It was great, a period piece with impeccable design, rich color, a v smart, witty script, and great performances all-around. Deneuve and Depardieu are splendid. But my fave character was the right-wing daughter, with her "Farrah" haircut until she starts working at the factory.
The flashback sequences are superb, not washed-out, at all, but vibrant and showy and v raunchy.
