Tuesday, October 28, 2014
I should first address that I've neglected this blog for some time, but I believe for good reason. I'm turning my attention to a new blog called being eNTertained, which will collate all of my entertainment-related work and ramblings into the one unit.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Dubbo Showground markets were recently moved to a riverside oval to become the new (and seemingly improved) Riverside Markets. While I never went pre-move, my eventual discovery of what these markets are was a long time coming. Like a lot of other things in life.
Came away with more than expected. And this was after having to walk a good 500 metres extra or so to get into the Centro, then to the ATM to get money, and then walking all the way back hoping the stuff would still be there. Thankfully, this isn't Sydney so I was fine.
I'm clearly still daydreaming about European adventures. I first stumbled across a first edition of an Australian book called Roaming Round Europe by Frank Clune, the telling of his adventures around Western Europe in 1952. Spent what was my last $10.
On returning from the ATM I found a French grammar book, which appears to be the most confusing thing I've ever read. But thinking of my imminent French lesson I thought it would be handy. $1. PS: said lesson never eventuated... le sigh.
Then a book stand had Azur Like It by Wendy Holden, about a journalist who gets sent to cover the Cannes Film Festival. That's so me! But then she discovers a dark side. Not so me. I was intrigued. $3.
Teeny silver thing on the French grammar book is a Pandora-style charm of a paw for my travel charm bracelet, signifying Australia through Dubbo/the central west... via Taronga Western Plains Zoo. $1.
And then there were the shoes. Found at the most amazing little vintage stall that made me want to do a Barcelona and pinch it all.
The shoes were sitting on the left of those pink shoes on the ground before I grabbed them with the intention of scrubbing them into a fantastic work-purpose pair for my wardrobe. $10.
I took the photo with Annie's details clearly in sight because she's great and deserves business. My new shoes were previously her own and she has a great selection of accessories, shoes and even clothes. The first I've seen of affordable great vintage in Dubbo. Tre bien.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Audrey Tautou is not the only young French actress around. This is Virginie Ledoyen. So I saw three films of hers this week unexpectedly and as she has been at the forefront of well, everything, I've found out that she's one classy actress.
Oddly enough, not one of these three films was 'The Beach' (yes, the one with Leo DiCaprio). I will watch that one day though, if only for the reason of seeing how All Saints' 'Pure Shores' is used in it...
Tuesday: went to the media screening of My Friends, My Loves for CPR and didn't realise who she was until she popped up on screen. The frustration of her character was good, but I also saw a hint of a comedic side.
Thursday: saw Shall We Kiss? because I had free tickets (boo-yah! Thanks AFI!)... it's a screwball comedy, but she played it so straight! So so cool was she, seems to have a down-to-earth elegance about her, even if her hair is sometimes not that great.
Thursday night/Friday: 8 Femmes happened to be on SBS, figured 'why not make it a hat-trick?'. Now, this film has a stellar cast including Catherine Deneuve and Isabelle Huppert, and is a very kooky musical-mystery, but Ledoyen just pulled it off, no dramas. She does serious in strange environments very well and comes off differently each time. Plus her singing turn is the highlight of the solos. Not necessarily voice-wise, but fun nonetheless.
Don't get me wrong. I love Audrey Tautou. And I can say now, having seen a decent amount of French cinema, that I enjoy their films for all its love-focused stories. But it's good to discover more, and Ledoyen is great. I don't like to use the word 'classy' too much, but she really is. Think I said in one of my reviews that she typifies the strong-yet-fragile Frenchwoman. Still stand by that.
The French will probably think I'm stupid for not knowing this already, but hey, to Australia it's foreign cinema and we don't get too much of it -but we do get more French films than any other non-English countries...
I'm all Frenched out for this week. Major movie swampage indeed. But I can never stay away for too long.
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