Congorama (2006) Complex interwoven story of an unsuccessful Belgian inventor who learns he was adopted in infancy and goes to Canada to find his origins. Becomes more and more interesting from a slow start, until it finally shows you all the loose ends without tying them together in a big explanatory scene with lots of hugging and stuff. A little more footage of people walking as the cameraman jogs alongside and in front of them than I like, but there are far too many ideas and details to the story for me to start describing it. I ended up really enjoying it. 8/10
Hot Saturday (1932) Small-town girl, the forgotten jazz baby Nancy Carroll, becomes the object of gossip after spending a quiet evening evening with scandalous rich kid Cary Grant. Not a great movie but rather surprising at times. Big role for Grady Sutton who appears as comedy relief throughout. 5.5/10
Diaboliquemont votre [Diabolically yours] (1967) Alain Delon wakes up from a car crash with a sexy wife, a fabulous chateau, lots of money and new name, and doesn't remember any of it. His wife won't kiss him, his dog wants to kill him, and his doctor keeps giving him these pills. It's an absurdly complex scheme, of course. Jazzy and well-presented, but slow to develop. 5/10
La piscine [The Swimming Pool] (1969) Alain Delon and Romy Schneider are a beautiful bronzed couple at a villa in the Riviera. When an old friend and his teenage daughter appear, tensions arise. Adult situations, not like porno but like seriously mature. I forgot to drink my coffee. 8/10
I tried to watch the highly acclaimed animated feature Persepolis but there wasn't sufficient narrative flow to hold my interest. It was like a series of one-pagers. Technically excellent, but I have never cared much for the artist's work as comics and this seemed like it should have been left as such.
