must I wait 500 days?

I'm sure I've moaned about this before but a negative about living abroad is losing touch on pop/American/Canadian culture. And one major thing I miss is indie movies that seem to have a hard time making their way across the Atlantic. For example, Lars and the Real girl took almost a year and a half before showing in theatres….

Must I wait another 500 days for this gem…500 days of Summer with my girl crush Zooey Deschanel…


Or the new Dave Eggers/Sam Mendes/John Krasinki /Vendela Vidi film – Away we go.. I so desperately want to see you --- please be a huge hit and get traction in Europe asap!

and suddenly it's mid Feb

With the last of the snow disappearing from the common, this weekend proved to be fabolously lazy. After the weird week, L2 and I just sat back with a movie - Persepolis - a fantastic animated/graphic film about a little girl growing up and in and out of Iran. I've linked for a better description but it was moving and suprisingly realistic as there were no 'people'.

Saturday we met our prospective landlord who was a french delight. L2 picked up on her accent right away and they seemed to hit it off. I can't wait until all the references checked, employment says woohoo and the papers finally get signed. I'll finally get super excited and not just super stoked and stressed at the same time. We then went up to a Michelin Guide recommended restaurant in the North End. The deals on restaurants are fabulous and we got three courses, service and wine for less than £20 a piece.

Sunday proved lazier until we took off to Wimbledon to watch Slumdog Millionaire. The toast of the English movie critics - Sal, L2 and I thought it would be best to see what it was all about. It was a fantastic movie, moving, dark, humourous and beautifully shot - but I do wonder sometimes what makes a 'best picture' before anything else.

autumn line-up - Movie edition

as autumn creeps into my nights, I look to excellent tv shows and evening movies and the upcoming movies are not disappointing. Between comedy, action and more than a few dramas, I have enough until January to keep me occupied. If only the movies came out right away here....

top 10

1. burn after reading - cohen brothers, frances mcdormand and george clooney. ok!
2. milk - looks amazing. is james franco the new jude law?
3. the boy in the striped pajamas -
4. rachel getting married - despite her squirrel appearance apparently anne sweeps it away
5. new york I love you - still yet to see Paris J'taime so that's on my list first
6. happy go lucky - english and supporting. and on dvd here.
7. righteous kill - the last time deniro and pacino got together was heat. i loved that...
8. w. - because i'm curious and really I've seen almost all of Oliver Stone (good and bad!).
9. brothers bloom - again mark ruffalo, adrian brody and rachel weisz. ok!
10. quantam of solace - because spy movies not rom-com are my guilty pleasures