My Weekly Books and Films Update
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HAPPY THINGS:
1. Made fresh walnut pesto to go with spaghetti into my belly ;-)
2. Hainan Chicken with rice and soup to help combat a cold
3. Used an Amazon gift card to pick up some Paris in July themed items
- Harney & Sons Paris, Black Tea
- 8pcs Mini Notebook, with Eiffel Tower icon
- Cavallini Vintage Paris 10 Pencils and 1 Sharpener
- iPhone Case with Eiffel Tower and Pink Flowers
Library:
A Love Story, with Recipes
by Elizabeth Bard
-Memoir, Food, Travel, Paris | Goodreads
FOR Paris in July reading list.
by Leïla Slimani
-Thriller, Mystery, Paris | Goodreads
FOR Paris in July reading list.
For Review:
by Kristina Seek
-audiobook, Romance| Goodreads
courtesy of publisher for blitz tour -Thanks!
AND watched: in theatre
Director/Writer: Ari Aster
Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper
-Drama, Horror, Mystery | imdb | my rating: 5
A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
HORROR done in a visually beautiful way with its vibrant colors and constant sunlight.
Director/Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Roger Avary
Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson
-Crime, Drama | imdb | my rating: 5
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster & his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
PREPPING for the upcoming July 26 release of Tarantino film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a local theatre presented Pulp Fiction this week. I won a free ticket to see this. Next week will be Kill Bill, volume 1. And the following week will be Jackie Brown.
It was a re-watch for me and continues to be a wonderful classic with its innovate way of storytelling. Love that dance scene.
AND watched: on DVD for Paris in July
Fidelio, l'odyssée d'Alice (original title)
Director/Writer: Lucie Borleteau
Writers: Clara Bourreau (scenario), Mathilde Boisseleau (collaboration)
Stars: Ariane Labed, Melvil Poupaud, Anders Danielsen Lie
-Drama, Romance, France | imdb | my rating: 5
Thirty-year-old Alice's occupation is rather unusual for a woman : she works as an engineer on a freighter. She loves her job and does it competently but even in a greasy blue overall a woman will be a woman, with her heart, her desires and her seduction... In such conditions can an all-male crew really remain totally insensitive to her charms? A situation all the more complicated as not only does Alice leave her fiancé Felix behind but she also discovers on board the Fidélio that the captain is Gaël, her first love...
—Guy Bellinger
LIKED the female perspective of life as a sailor. Loved the character's strong independent spirit.
* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently
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