From 29 February – 4 April 2012 a fabulous selection of French films will be gracing New Zealand screens during the sixth annual Alliance Française French Film Festival. Proudly sponsored by L’Oréal Paris, the Alliance Française French Film Festival offers a comprehensive national programme over five weeks and nine cities, making it the biggest French […]
Posts Tagged ‘Christchurch’
Christchurch Earthquake – One Week On.
Posted in Travel, tagged Christchurch, Christchurch earthquake on March 1, 2011 | 18 Comments »
We have no cars, but for this I’m quite pleased. We can’t drive anywhere and so can’t see the entire destruction of my city Christchurch. Now we don’t even want to watch the TV coverage. One day we will recover our vehicles from the town centre, but we’d rather not see it right now. We […]
French Film Festival 2011 – Vive la différence!
Posted in France, Travel, tagged All That Glitters, Auckland, Christchurch, French Film Festival 2011, Guillaume Canet, L’Oréal Paris, Little White Lies, Luis Bunuel, Mathieu Almaric, Michel Gondry, On Tour, Tell No One, The Thorn in the Heart, Tournee, Un Chien Andalou, Wellington on January 19, 2011 | 11 Comments »
When I say “French Cinema” what do you think of? It’s probably not Luis Bunuel’s bizarrely fantastic Un Chien Andalou or the haunting violence bubbling on the surface of Guillaume Canet’s Ne Le Dis à Personne that you’re thinking about, right? Nope. I knew it!…I know you’re all thinking about all those lovely naked girls […]