THE EQUALIZER *** (VO English) We all know how intense and great an actor is Denzel Washington. There is also a quiet majesty to the man. He’s back once again with his Training Day director, Antoine Fuqua, in this satisfying and thrilling film which manages to be both peacefully Zen and ruthlessly violent. Denzel […]
Book review + Payot’s best sellers of the week
This week’s book review: Us. A new entry into the Payot best seller list, Us by David Nicholls is a book about personal discovery in mid-life. The book has been long-listed for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, it was launched in September. Rank Title Author Published By Genre […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Command Authority
A new entry into the Payot best seller list, Command Authority is the last book written by Tom Clancy before his death in October 2013. A political thriller, it was co-written and completed by Mark Greaney and published posthumously last December by Putnam Adult. Set against a backdrop of the rise to power of Russia under the rule of a strongman, the book is the ninth novel featuring the former CIA agent and President Jack Ryan.
L’Abri; Bon rétablissement
This week’s picks are Swiss and French. One, a documentary on the homeless in our midst; the other, a classic French pleasure. Both views are essential. L’ABRI *** (vo French) We are in a center for the homeless in Lausanne. It is winter and there are too many in need of a bed, food and […]
Le News book review + Payot’s best sellers of the week
This week’s book review: Edge of Eternity Storming to the top of this week’s best sellers is Ken Follett’s Edge of Eternity, published by Dutton, a Penguin imprint. It is the finale of his Century Trilogy that follows the fortunes of five intermingled families – American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh – as they make […]
Netflix streaming service arrives in Switzerland
Netflix, a US provider of on-demand Internet streaming, this week launched a second wave of European expansion. The film and TV series streaming service is now available in France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Netflix promised its shareholders growth and this latest development is central to its plans. Competition in some of these markets, however, is stiff. Germany has Prime Instant Video from […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Swiss Watching: Inside Europe’s Landlocked Island Swiss Watching: Inside Europe’s Landlocked Island by Diccon Bewes is very firmly in the best sellers list despite being published over four years’ ago. It is a light, warmly humorous yet revealing description of this most special country. Bewes stylishly convinces the reader that there’s more to Switzerland than […]
Author Douglas Kennedy “A life without curiosity is terrible.”
Douglas Kennedy is the bestselling author of 14 books, three of which have been adapted to film. Last week Robyn Goss interviewed him at GEMS World Academy, where he was speaking at the inauguration of the Discovery World Library and World Language Learning Centre prior to attending the Morges Book Festival. RG: Your books are […]
Gemma Bovery
GEMMA BOVERY *** The super-talented Fabrice Luchini is back in yet another (remember his excellent Alceste à bicyclette?) literary reference, this time to Flaubert’s Madame Bovery. It’s a moment of pure joy, as the stylish French director Anne Fontaine takes us to a charming village in Normandy to meet this modern version of Bovery. Portrayed […]
Capitaine Thomas Sankara
CAPITAINE THOMAS SANKARA **** This important documentary should not be missed. Swiss director Christophe Cupelin takes us back to the mid-1980s when Thomas Sankara, a courageous leader in Africa, decided to lead his impoverished country of Burkina Faso to productive independence and away from the usual colonial acquiescence to the wealthy and powerful West. In […]
