Paris Je t'aime

What you thought of Paris je t'aime:

Excellent: 21
Good : 47
Average: 6
Poor: 1
Very Poor: 1

Delightful, a garden of flowers. Fantastic – like eating a box of chocolates in one go!
Very moving, interesting and exciting. I loved it. Mostly delightful thumbnails.
Delightful, Very entertaining and varied. Trés interessant. A fun collage
Unusual. Vin Ordinaire! I hate Paris Pointless!

A melange which proved a total artistic ensemble: wonderful experience – where’s the Eurostar offer?
Unusual and very enjoyable. Recognisable Paris. Magical Paris
Fun – perhaps overlong – but an interesting collage about Paris.
An astonishing kaleidoscope of Paris.
Indeed, the essence of Paris is as elusively enigmatic as the Giaconda’s smile.
Proves that shorts can be good.

A different film. Maybe too fragmented for me. Lip synch again?
Certainly different – a bit long. Different – perhaps too many to grasp fully at one sitting.
Eighteen little gems. A treasure trove. Twelve would have been enough for me.
Rather fun but like short stories, one wants to know what happens next!
Mixed – too long – could have left some of them out and not missed them.

Hasn’t Marianne Faithfull put on weight?
Spot the stars – varied and charming. A clever idea well-presented.
The variety of subjects, change of pace – all make a wonderfully entertaining film.
Like life – full of small things. An enjoyable mix. Unique but successful.
An interesting concept: somehow it worked but no more vampires please.
Entertaining stuff but not vampires again?!
Quite fun and some quite charming scenes but the characters meant one felt little involvement.
I enjoyed it because it was so different.

Loved, loved, loved it. I really enjoyed that.
Very enjoyable diverse petites filmes!
I wonder why I understood the French in the last vignette (about the post lady on holiday).
Plenty of ideas for a whole film society season.


The next film will be Emmas Gluck on Thursday March 11th.

Il y a longtemps que je t'aime

What you thought of Il y a longtemps que je t'aime:

Excellent: 84
Good: 10

Overall Rating 97%

Brilliant film. The Best Yet. A very good film. Much Better! Magnifique
A compelling film, riveting and absolutely brilliant. Best film this season. Beautiful!
Splendid – as near perfect as possible. A very moving film. Brilliant Magnificent Mesmerising. A very moving film. A very powerful film and very moving.

Brilliant - the best film I’ve seen here. Very good ; an excellent story.
Gorgeous sensitive young actresses and film. Topical and very touching.
Superbly crafted. Treated us with intelligence. Excellent cast. Beautiful, sensitive film. Best film so far.
Brilliant – she is superb (and the others). Beautifully acted. Excellent acting – very moving.

Scott Thomas was amazing.
Great film addressing topical subjects such as dementia and mercy killing en passant.
A difficult subject – very moving and beautifully portrayed. Superb! Very good story and beautifully filmed. Brilliant script . Superb structure.
Everything –music- photography all brilliant but the dénouement? Needed less explanations.
Wonderful performances by both the main actresses. Superbly acted. Simply a masterpiece. Superbly acted.
Best film I’ve seen for ages. K-S-T was excellent.
Kirsten Scott Thomas – excellent in French as she is in English.
If that’s not an Oscar winning performance, I don’t know what is! Marvellous.

Superb film. What an actress! (Or are we supposed to say actor now?) It became fairly obvious why she had killed her son but it was all very sensitively done.
No surprises in the story – guessed she had a reason to kill her son, but still very effective.
I won’t look up all Dostoevsky but two real actresses portrayed life’s types of imprisonment.
Please more of these well-acted, beautifully scripted, thought provoking films.
Beautiful, sensitive, admirable in every way – only the French could do it.
Excellent – what more can you say…except more French films like that next season.
Magnifique – pity it was not Barbara singing at the end!
Colour/light beautifully realised; understated, episodic structure was well-paced, enthralling and moving.
Vaut bien le detour! (Subtitle: Well worth the detour).

So very excellent. One of the best films I’ve ever seen. Superb acting. Faultless.
Excellent or even better. The total stillness and silence during the credits showed the audience reverence for a wonderfully moving film.
Thanks – I needed that. Very healing. Intriguing, if not involving.
Best film for a long time. So sad! Wonderful actors. Thank you! Superb 10 out of 10 for this one.
Best yet. Superb. Why can’t there be more films of this high quality?


The next fim will be Paris je t'aime on Thursday 25th, February.

Let the Right One In

What you thought of Let the Right One In :

Excellent 18
Good 12
Average 8
Poor 7
Very Poor 9

Overal Rating 61%

What’s the Swedish for WOW!? Bloody Hell!! Bloody Great Bloody Weird
Wallander with vampires. Lovely. WIERD (?) WEIRD (?) HMM
One ending too many? Relief when it finished! Long, long, long.
Utterly bizarre
Rubbish.

It was great! Fantastic actors. Can’t say I understood it all but what the hell! Wonderful stuff.
God it was awful! So slow and depressing.
Edge of the seat stuff.
Quite ridiculous – what a waste of my time.
Excellent acting – completely understated. Photography too – how much snow did they have?
Why did we bother? Unpleasant and unrewarding.
Best of the season. Witty. Beautifully filmed. Very enjoyable. If you weren’t here, you missed a real gem.

Quite beyond me – but I think I’m normal!
Oskar for the cats, but I worry that unlike us there is no combined Fire and Rescue service.
I miss the vampire teeth.
Not my cup of blood. I was thinking of getting a cat too!
Not my favourite genre! Too much gore and unpleasant characters. Glad I don’t have cats any more.
An unusual fairy story sealed in BLOOD.
Certainly not something I would have chosen. Comedy, fairy story? But beautifully filmed and acted. No wonder the Swedes drink.

It managed to be vile and boring at the same time. Quite the worst film I have ever seen at BFFC.
I enjoyed it despite the vampire theme. It showed a good way to sort out bullies!
Very atmospheric and actually you didn’t see too much vampire feeding.
It’s really unlucky to have a vampire as your first girlfriend. No awards for him – excellent music.
Like Rubik’s cube, it is puzzling especially with its inconsequential editing.
The acting – Oskar and Eli- was fantastic, but parts were just too horrible for me!
First class acting, clever photography.
Well acted but horrible content.
Not many laughs!

Can I have the 41st. award for sitting through this please? My own fault for not reading the programme notes in advance.
A film of amazing contrasts.
Best film this year.



The next film is on February 11th and is Il y a longtemps que je t'aime