Friday, August 31, 2012

August Cultural Roundup

Jean-Paul Belmondo & Jean Seberg
This month left me ... breathless!

When R and I were on our honeymoon, we bought this great poster for A Bout de Souffle that we had laminated and have kept ever since (it's enormous!).

Books:
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (review here)
Stations of the Heart by Darlene Madott (review here)
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan (review here)
Out of the Blue by Jan Wong (review here)
First Love by Ivan Turgenev

Films:
The Queen of Versailles (U.S., 2012) directed by Lauren Greenfield (review here)
Se7en (U.S., 1995) directed by David Fincher
Breathless (France, 1960) directed by Jean-Luc Godard
2 Days in New York (U.S., 2012) directed by Julie Delpy
Ruby Sparkes (U.S., 2012) directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

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