Almost everybody I know has read at least one of Stieg Larsson’s books. Prior to his sudden death of a heart attack in November 2004 he finished three detective novels […]

Of course I went to see the film! For those who might not have heard, Julie & Julia” is based on two true stories, those of Julia Child and how […]

Once again, a pair of movies. No relationship between the two, save that I saw them in the same week. The first, an Oscar nominee: “Slumdog millionaire”, is a powerful […]

I went to see this little gem of a movie today. A Claude Lelouch film (of “A man and a woman” fame) with Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant and Audrey Dana…and […]

This is a Claude Berri film based on a novel by Anna Gavalda with acrtress Audrey Tatou (of Amélie Poulain fame). I remember buying the book because I liked the […]

It is a Danish film with subtitles. At the centre of the movie is Jacob Petersen, an idealistic humanitarian working in a struggling orphanage in a poor community in India. […]