Suggested films #3

Exclusive: Paris

Vivre sa Vie (1962, Jean-Luc Godard)

★★★★★

The film stars Anna Karina, as Nana, a beautiful Parisian in her early twenties who deliberately leaves her husband and her infant son hoping to become an actress. Without money, beyond what she earns as a shopgirl, and unable to enter acting, she elects to earn better money as a prostitiute. Nana's short life on film is told in 12 brief episodes each preceded by a written resume.

Beautiful piece of cinema with a gentle, elegant sadness. Anna Karina's performance here is one of the great female lead performances in cinema. Unforgettable.

"The more one talks, the less the words mean."

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

★★★★

Amélie is a shy waitress in a Montmartre café. After returning a long-lost childhood treasure to a former occupant of her apartment, and seeing the effect it has on him, she decides to set out on a mission to make others happy and in the meantime pursues a quirky guy who collects discarded photo booth pictures

A pleasant and beautiful film to watch with cute details everywhere. It has a beautiful cinematography and an intriguing and layered storyline.

"I like to look for things no one else catches. I hate the way drivers never look at the road in old American movies."

Before Sunset

★★★

Jesse, a writer from the US, and Celine, a Frenchwoman working for an environment protection organization, acquainted nine years ago on the train from Budapest to Vienna, meet again when Jesse arrives in Paris for a reading of his new book. As they have only a few hours until his plane leaves, they stroll through Paris, talking about their experiences, views and whether they still love each other, although Jesse is already married with a kid. 

Great performances, with fantastic and interesting conversations. It has a peculiar atmosphere that makes it a perfect sequel. 

"Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything."

Fonte mubi & imdb

Fashion Trends for Spring 2013

Curious about what will be trending this spring? Based on this website we found out what will be trend this spring, take a look and be inspired.

• Bermuda Shorts 

• Exaggerated Volume

• Japanese Dress

• 60s Silhouettes

• Oversized Ruffles

• Patchwork Animal Print

• Stripes

• Short Suits

• Sheer panels

• Sportswear Separates

So, what do you think? I'm mostly excited about the 60s silhouettes, the stripes and the sheer panels, they're probably the best ones. I don't find the oversized Ruffles and the exaggerated Volume that attractive, maybe a little disappointing. Share your thoughts.

Dexter

Based on the novels (Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter and Dexter in the Dark) by Jeff Lindsay, Dexter is one of the most awesome tv series of today. During the day, Dexter Morgan is a jovial employee in the Miami Metropolitan Police Department's crime lab, but his meticulously crafted life masks his true nature. In reality Dexter is a disciplined and murderous psychopath (a self-admitted "monster"), and he slakes his blood lust at night by carefully killing the serial killers he tracks down during the day.

Michael C. Hall is perfect in this role. The script is fantastic and the soundtrack amazing. Its full of suspense and action with a bit of comedy in some episodes. 

Dexter Early Cuts is a web-based series in the form of an animated comic about the character Dexter Morgan and his earliest kills, thus the name "Early Cuts". The series is narrated by Michael C. Hall. You can find it online.

Sugestões de filmes #2

Rachel Getting Married (2008, Jonathan Demme)

★★★★★

Quando Kym volta a casa para o casamento da sua irmã Rachel, traz consigo uma longa história de crise pessoal, conflitos familiares e tragédia. O casamento, repleto de amigos e familiares, tinha tudo para ser um alegre fim-de-semana de festa, música e amor, mas Kym vai tornar o ambiente pesado e libertar os fantasmas do passado...

Com uma grande actuação de Anne Hathaway, é quase um documentário sobre uma família suburbana e a sua história, no entanto, faz nos sentir parte dela. Poderoso.

"I am Shiva the destroyer, your harbinger of doom this evening."

Notorious (1946, Alfred Hitchcock)

★★★★★

Uma brilhante alegoria sobre o amor e a traição. Um agente do governo americano chantageia a filha de um nazi a fim de que esta, forçosamente, espie um agente alemão que mora no Rio de Janeiro.

Magistral, brilhantemente realizado, um dos melhores filmes de Hitchcock, "a notorious movie".

"-This fog gets me. 

-That's your hair in your eyes."

Le Quattro Volte (2010, Michelangelo Frammartino)

★★★★★

Um velho pastor vive seus últimos dias em uma quieta vila medieval no meio das montanhas da Calábria, no sul da Itália. Ele pastoreia suas cabras sob um céu que a maioria dos moradores abandonaram há muito tempo. Está doente e acredita que o melhor remédio para seu problema está na poeira que se acumula no chão da igreja, que ele coleta, mistura à sua água e bebe todos os dias. Um novo cabrito nasce. Ele tenta dar seus primeiros passos e lentamente se fortalece até poder acompanhar o rebanho. Ali perto, uma árvore magnífica chacoalha com a brisa da montanha e muda lentamente com as estações. 

Intemporal, é um deleite para os olhos e para a mente, admiravelmente poético, simples mas muito forte.

"Man is made of mineral, because he has a skeleton; he’s a plant because he has blood flowing through his veins like sap; he’s an animal, because he has morbidity; and he’s also a rational being. So in order to understand himself, man has to understand himself four times"

Fonte: mubi