HARVEST aka Stadt Land Fluss
When you are more than halfway through HARVEST you could be forgiven for thinking that you are actually watching an Infomercial on modern German farming methods rather than a coming-of-age tale about two teenage boys. This well-meaning debut feature film from writer/director Benjamin Cantu shot on the most minuscule of budgets using actual farm workers instead of actors … Continue reading
HAUTE CUISINE aka LES SAVEURS DU PARIS
In the late 1980’s Daniele Mazet–Delpeuze was running a small Bed & Breakfast on her new truffle farm in Perigord in Northern France when out of the blue she got a call to tell her that someone in Paris wanted her to cook for him. On the recommendation on none other than Joel Robuchon, President Mitterand of … Continue reading
HAVA NAGILA : THE MOVIE
Who would a guess that such an inane and somewhat annoying song such as Hava Nagila would have such a wealth of history, and more face lifts than Joan Rivers? Well filmmaker Roberta Grossman, and in her amusing and fascinating documentary she traces how this staple of Barmitzvahs and Weddings went from Ukraine to YouTube … Continue reading
HEADHUNTERS
Roger Brown is a short man with big ideas as well as a Napoleon complex. He has a tall beautiful wife for whom he has bought an ultra-modern luxury house and whom he lavishes with expensive gifts, neither of which he can afford, and anyway she would in fact just prefer to have a child. … Continue reading
HEARTBEATS
If you have ever had an unrequited love, especially one in your (distant) youth then this wonderfully witty tongue-in-cheek movie from the remarkable multi-talented Xavier Dolan will really appeal to you. The story is of a love triangle. Twenty-year-old best friends Marie and Francis spot Nicolas, a stunning Adonis, at a dinner party, and they … Continue reading