This is the story of Younes a young illiterate Algerian Moslem immigrant living in Paris and making a quick franc from selling things ‘off the back of a lorry’ when he meets a nice guy who’s in trouble, and happens to be Jewish, so Younes changes from being a bad boy into a good boy … Continue reading
Some 10 years after his death in his native France singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg is evidently still considered a legend and an icon. This startling new movie based on first time director Joann Starr’s own graphic novel traces Gainsbourg roots when he was then just Lucien Ginsberg a young mischievous Russian Jewish boy growing … Continue reading
Life is pretty bleak in this concrete jungle of soul-less tower blocks of shabby apartments on this housing complex in a poor rundown suburb of Paris. Sixteen year old Marieme is hoping that one day she will break out of there so for a better life so she does her school work, plays American football, … Continue reading
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
There is always a trigger point as to why I select the movies that I go see. Either a favorite actor, or its the work of a revered auteur, or simply a recommendation from another cinephile. When it comes to Leo Carax’s latest movie it was simply a critic’s review in the final clip of … Continue reading