Emma Thompson, Golden Globes 2014The “Louboutin-Martini” speech The Hollywood award season is underway, and it will culminate on Sunday March 2, with the 86th Academy Awards. For us movie fans, it is a fun time of year. Some of us get excited about favorite movies; actors and actresses. Others tune in, so they can gawk at…
A long time ago, when I still lived in Paris, France, I remember going to the movies (I did that a lot,) and watching a romantic comedy named Sleepless in Seattle. I only knew where Seattle was because the year before, I had seen another fun flick, Cameron Crowe‘s Singles. Forget Boeing or Microsoft. Singles…
Once upon a time, in Paris, France, there were three colorful stores lined up along the Canal St Martin. Every morning, oblivious of la grisaille, (the grey skies) the three stores cheered up busy city dwellers. “Regardez-nous! Regardez-nous,” they enticed. Look at us, Look at us! And among the hurried commuters on their way to the office, many…
Introduction:Fact 1: I am, indeed, a lucky French Girl. A heartfelt “merci” to all of you, for the messages you sent following last week’s story.Fact 2: If you do not like/get/care to hear about… the magical world of Harry Potter, skip this story. It is choke full of references and private jokes seulement pour les…
The Seattle International Film Festival has been a fun ride, but it is time to wrap up… until next year. Before I hang up my movie critic hat, I would like to tell you about one last film. What a delightful, heart-warming movie Low Profile is. The director is Cécilia Rouaud. A modern romantic comedy,…
How ironic. This week, I had to drive to “the city,” to watch a movie about a woman who led a boring [French] provincial life… You may not realize this, but it takes at least 45 minutes to reach downtown Seattle from my neck of the [suburban] woods. On Thursday evening, I programmed…
Bonjour les amis, French Girl in Seattle here, reporting from the Seattle International Film Festival. In Populaire, a debut feature from writer-director Regis Roinsard, Mad Men meets les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,) meets My Fair Lady. Set in 1958 France, the romantic comedy tells the rags-to-riches story of 21-year old Rose Pamphyle (Déborah…
March 25, 2018 update. Dear French Girl in Seattle readers: As you may know, I am currently working on the upcoming launch of the new French Girl in Seattle website. This entails going through several years’ worth of blog entries, reviewing and classifying them. I just found out that due to a technical glitch,…
This story was originally published in May 2013. It has been updated. This week, The 66th Cannes Film Festival opened with much anticipation. The prestigious jury, led by Steven Spielberg, includes glamorous Nicole Kidman, French actor Daniel Auteuil, director Ang Lee, and actor Christoph Waltz to name just a few. Ah, Cannes! The red carpet.…
I met Scarlett O’Hara when I was eleven, or twelve. My Dad and I sat together through the 4-hour movie (and the 30 minute intermission.) Life was never quite the same after that. Merci, papa. I fell in love with her, Atlanta and the American South, where I later spent a year as an international student, thanks to a full…