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 […]
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 […]
Neptune Ravar Ingwersen – Biography
Film has always been my passion, as long as I can remember. It is not only entertainment for much of the population of the world, but also a mirror of our lives, our dreams and hopes. Film is the complete art form of the 20th and now the 21st century. It encompasses all the other […]
Cannes Film Fest 2014 – Sophia Loren at 79 and who should have won
Every morning at the festival, those in the know (journalists, market people or the wily groupie) can walk into any of the big hotels on the Croisette and pick up free daily glossies that catalogue all the news and photos of the latest happenings at Cannes. They are an indispensable running history of the whole […]