Comments(0) Just back from seeing Little Miss Sunshine and am still laughing. Lovely film, wonderful story, great script and little gems of performances. Alan Arkin was hysterical. Real life beauty pageants for six year olds are just scary, it says something sad when mums want their kids to look like that. If you haven’t seen it and need a laugh, I highly recommend it.
Comments(0) Maybe if we don’t tell lies about the past, we won’t tell lies about the present.
Ken Loach on his new film The Wind that Shakes the Barley, which won at Cannes and is released in the UK next week. Interesting interview on Newsnight – you can watch it here until tomorrow (the segment starts about 35 minutes in).
Comments(0) I finally saw Hidden after about three aborted attempts. Not at all what I was expecting and now I need to read the reviews to explain it’s twists and turns – I understand the gist of it, but I’m confused by some of it, especially the last scene – won’t say anything – except that it’s definitely worth seeing.
Had a breakthrough with the braces – my first Indian meal, I even managed the Poppadums, and because of the type of braces – no elastics – I don’t have to worry about staining… My gums are a bit cut up again though – from being lazy and not using the wax… new mantra, must remember the wax.
Next weeks dispatches sounds interesting: Stealing Your Freedom (Monday 27 Feb @ 8pm).
Comments(0) Sorry for the lack of posts – Blogger was down for most of the weekend… I had a pretty low key one… staying in bed late, reading – I’ve started the Bee Season – I don’t recommend the film except that it made me curious about the book, and seeing family.
Had a lovely unexpected evening with Irene on Saturday and an unexpected chat with a friend J, from way back. We both thought the other sounded exactly the same.
Will update you on the braces when they are on…
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Comments(0) It’s been stressful using the tube this week –I’ve been struck by my need for reassuring smiles from fellow passengers and a sense that the calm could be broken at any moment. I can’t quite get my head around the fact that they were suicide bombers; I don’t want to think about them having set a precedent.
On a much lighter note I have been rushing around trying to get everything for going away. Finally bought a dress for Tuesday, lucked out as by the time I managed to buy the one I wanted, it had gone into the sale.
Crossed the footbridge at Waterloo this evening – decided to use the lift and didn’t realise the bridge was closed for filming. Turned out they were shooting Anthony Minghella’s new film Breaking & Entering. I walked past Juliette Binoche, but didn’t see Jude Law who’s also supposed to be in it. Made me a bit nostalgic.
Thank you to the kind guy at the cycle shop you gave me a free bell – mine fell off cycling down Piccadilly…
PS I’m finally going to get that haircut!