Posts Tagged ‘Cafe De Flore’

Flickchart Daily: Matchup of The Day and the Week’s DVD/Blu-ray Releases

21, Feb 2012

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Flickchart Matchup of the Day

According to History.com, NASCAR was founded on this day back in 1948.  I don’t know much about auto racing, but I have watched a couple of movies (from 1978) with some burning rubber:

The Driver vs. Zero to Sixty

I like Ryan O’Neal.  Or, at least I like him in Barry Lyndon, that being my second favorite Kubrick film.  I also like Isabelle Adjani, particularly for her wild-eyed performance in Possession.  Not only are they both in The Driver, but there is some top-notch car chasing to behold as well.  While the plot is your basic tenacious cop vs. cool as ice criminal situation, it’s the no-nonsense action and hard-edged tone that make it worth watching.

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AFI FEST 2011: Café De Flore

30, Nov 2011

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I tend to go into a lot of films at the AFI Fest 2011 Presented by Audi blind, doing little to no research beforehand. What ends up happening is that there’s a fairly even mix of films that impress and films that just don’t do anything for me. Then there are a few that just outright surprise me and end up ranking ridiculously high on my Flickchart. This would be that film.

Café De Flore has two stories happening in parallel, the first about Antoine, a popular Montreal DJ struggling with a recent divorce. Despite ruining the lives of his family with the separation he’s the happiest he’s ever been in his life. Happening in tandem to this is the story of Jacqueline, a single mother in 1960s Paris taking care of her special-needs son. Both stories are connected by the song Café De Flore and perhaps much more.

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Introducing the Films of AFI FEST 2011

24, Oct 2011

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Up until last year, film festivals had always been a bit of a mystery to me. I had gone to a few conventions before and been shown advanced screenings of films, but to actually go to an event where all you did was watch films seemed a bit beyond my reach. Didn’t help either that I had never really lived in areas with affordable or frequent festivals. That is, up until last year when I was introduced to AFI FEST. They hooked me in with free tickets and the promise of engaging cinema from around the world. To say I had fun is a bit of an understatement. As the credits to the last film rolled, I decided that I would come back next year in a more professional manner and write about it.

Which brings us to now. AFI FEST 2011 Presented by Audi is a little over a week away (November 3-10) and they’ve once again made the tickets to all their films free. This is definitely a good thing as there’s quite an impressive lineup this year. It’s going to be difficult scheduling which films I’d like to see!

Listed below are all the films being showcased at the festival. If you’re in the LA area and want to go to any of these screenings hop over to the AFI FEST site and keep an eye out for ticket information.

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