Category: Films

June 25, 2025

The Film ‘ A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme)’ – Official Poster of 2025 Cannes Festival after 60 Years

Films, General 1966 Cannes Festival, 2025 Cannes Film Festival, 78th Cannes Film Festival, A Man and a Woman, And God Created Woman, Anouk Aimée, Bar de La Mer, Bar de La Mer Deauville, Brad Pitt and Penelope Cruz, Bunker film, Cannes, Carlton Cannes, Chabadabada, Chanel campaign 2024, Ciro's Deauville, Claude Lelouch, Coco Chanel's first boutique, Deauville, Deauville American Film Festival, Florian Zeller, Francis Lai, Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Juliette Binoche, La Dolce Vita, Le Deauville restaurant, Mission: Impossible, Normandy, Palme d’Or, Penelope Cruz, Robert de Niro, Royal Barriere hotel Deauville, The Best Years of a Life, The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise, Un Homme et Une Femme No comments

I was near Cannes just a week before the 78th Cannes Film Festival, which was held from May 13 to 24, 2025, staying in Nice, my favorite destination in Côte […]

April 6, 2023

Two Films, Two Tastes … (Part 2)

Films, General Carlo Regoli, Emilio Agostini, Il Maritozzaro, Il Maritozzo Rosso, Laura Regoli, Love & Gelato, maritozzi, maritozzo, Mercati di Traiano, Owen McDonnell, Pasticceria Regoli, pistachio gelato, Rascioli Caffe, Rome, Saul Nanni, savory maritozzi, secret bakery, Spaghetti alla Puttenesca, Susanna Skaggs, Tobia De Angelis, Trajan's Market, Valantina Lodovini No comments

In my previous post, I had mentioned the film Spanglish and a marvelous sandwich (Spanglish sandwich) I discovered owing to that film. In this post I will mention about the […]

December 31, 2021

The Holiday – One of The Best Christmas Films

Films, General Amanda, Arthur Abbott, Cameron Diaz, Christmas film, Christmas movie, Cornwell Manor, Cotswolds, cottage, Eli Wallach, English countryside, Godalming, Grantley Arms, Greystone Mansion, Hanukah, Harry Potter, Holmbury St Mary, Honeysuckle Cottage, Iris, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Miles, Mill House, Nancy Meyers, Oxfordshire, Punch Drunk Love, Rosehill Cottage, Rufus Sewell, San Marino, Shere, Surrey, Sussex, The Graduate, The Holiday, The Inn on The Lake, The Refectory, The White Horse Pub, Wonersh 1 Comment

Rosehill Cottage in the film ‘The Holiday’ (Photo: hookedonhouses.net) Around this time of the year, I look for films full of joy, good humour and captivating scenes of snow- the […]

October 14, 2021

Sophia… Loren…

Films, General, People Bari, Carlo Ponti, Carlo Ponti Jr., Cary Grant, Cercando Sophia, Edoardo Ponti, Far Niente Winery, Festival Napa Valley, Grumpier Old Men, La Ciociara, La Vita davanti a sé, Madame Rosa, Marcello Mastroianni, Marriage Italian Style, Matrimonio All'Italiana, Nine, Pozzuoli, Romilda Villani, Sinfonietta per Sofia, Sophia Loren, Sophia Loren's Recipes and Memories, The Gold of Naples, The Life Ahead, The Pride and the Passion, Two Women, Vittorio De Sica, What Would Sophia Loren Do?, Yesterday Today Tomorrow My Life 1 Comment

Sophia Loren … A classic. An esteemed brand of world cinema. A living diva who had starred in Hollywood films with Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra, William Holden, Paul […]

June 22, 2021

The Movie “Coco” and Mexico’s ‘Día de Los Muertos’

Films, General, Latin America, Travel altar, Calaca Festival, calacas, calaveras, calaveras literarias, calaveritas, Catrina, Catrina Parade, Cenote, Coco, comparsa, Coyoacán, Cuernavaca, Day of the Dead, Día de Los Angelitos, Día de Los Muertos', Diego Rivera, Dolores Olmedo Museum, Dulcería De Celaya, Emilio El Indio Fernandez, Emilio Fernández, Festival La Calaca, Frida Kahlo, Gran Desfile de Día de Muertos, Gran Desfile de Die de Muertos, Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Jacqueline Bisset, James Bond, José Guadalupe Posada, legend of La Llorona, literary calaveras, Llorana, Lowry, Mariachi, marigold, Mega Ofrenda, Mexican marigold, Mexico, Mexico City, Mictecacihuatl, Monumental Casa, Monumental House, Oaxaca, Ocotlán, Octavio Paz, ofrenda, pan de muerto, papel picado, Plaza Garibaldi, Popocatépetl, Posada, Que Bo!, San Miguel de Allende, Spectre, sugar skull, trajinera, Under The Volcano, Xochimilco, Yucatán, Zócalo 1 Comment

A couple of years ago, I watched the movie “Coco”, produced by Pixar Studios and released by Disney Pictures in 2017, after it was strongly suggested in the Spanish class […]

June 27, 2020

Niagara Falls

Films, General, Travel, Us/Canada Bernard Shaw, carillon, Cave of The Winds, Clifton hill, Clos Jordanne, Crowne Plaza Niagara, DiCamillo Bakery, Fort Erie, Fort George, Fort Niagara, General Brock, George Bailey, Haven Gillespie, Hornblower, Horseshoe Falls, ice wine, Inniskillin, Irish Harp Pub, Joseph Legace, Journey Behind The Falls, Lionel Newman, lord mayor, Maid of The Mist, Marilyn Monroe, Niagara, Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls State Park, Niagara Ice Wine Festival, Niagara on the Lake, Nikola Tesla, Ontario, Peller Estates, Queen Charlotte Tea Room, Queen Victoria Park, Queenston, Rainbow Bridge, Rainbow Cabins, Rainbow Tower, Red Coach Inn, Reif Estates, Riverside Patio, Royal George Theater, Scenic Tunnels, Shaw Festival, Skylon, The Irish Harp Pub, The Prospect Point, Winter Festival of Lights 1 Comment

I have heard a lot about The Niagara Falls as probably most of you. The word ‘Niagara’ awakens an excitement and joy within me perhaps owing to the falls’ beauty […]

May 20, 2020

Charlie Chaplin – An Icon of Silence

Films, General, People 3623 Chaplin, A Countess from Hong Kong, A King in New York, A Woman of Paris, Chaplin's World, Charlie Chaplin, Chillon Castle, City Lights, Confiserie Zurcher, Gold Rush, Great Dictator, Keystone, Lady Gaga, Lake Geneva, Lavaux, Lavaux vineyards, Limelight, Manoir de Ban, Marlon Brando, Modern Times, Monsieur Verdoux, Montreux, Smile, Sophia Loren, The Kid, Together at Home, Tramp, Vaud, Vevey, Waterville 1 Comment

Charlie Chaplin … The man who showed the whole world that there is no need for words and yet it is possible to accomplish many things without them. When some […]

April 4, 2020

Before Trilogy-25th Anniversary of The Sweetest Film Series in Cinema History

Films, General Before Midnight, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before trilogy, Benaki Museum, Café Sperl, Christoph Wagner, Costa Navarino, David Jewell, Delusion Angel, Ethan Hawke, Gia Ena Tango, Haris Alexiou, Joan Leigh Fermor, Julie Delpy, Kardamili, Kardamyli, Kleines Café, Le Pure Café, Leigh Fermor House, Panmelys, Paris, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Richard Linklater, Shakespeare and Company, Toni Mörwald, Vienna, Westin Resort Costa Navarino No comments

When I read somewhere that this year was the 25th Anniversary of the film ‘Before Sunrise’ – the first film of the Before Trilogy- , it drew my interest. I […]