Marcel Ophuls’s Le chagrin et la pitié
(The Sorrow and the Pity) a documentary study of occupied France during the Second World War, shot in black and white.
Looks absolutely fascinating.
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Marcel Ophuls’s Le chagrin et la pitié
(The Sorrow and the Pity) a documentary study of occupied France during the Second World War, shot in black and white.
Looks absolutely fascinating.
The Sorrow and the Pity was a kind of punchline in an old Woody Allen movie, as an endlessly long, depressing film that he obsessively kept going to the cinema to see -
Trailer for new James Bond film.
Nisman: The Prosecutor, The President and The Spy.
In search of the real Christine Keeler, the lady who was at the center of the Profumo scandal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50858880
Edit:
I hope Netflix purchases the rights to this. Could be a good popcorn night.
I definitely want to see this:
Thatcher: A Very British Revolution
The Guardian review is worth a read in itself, written by someone whose parents loathed Thatcher.
Another one is :
I found this after discovering that the dear leader is pushing parliament to alter the constitution in order to give him two more terms, which would effectively hand him the presidency until 2036.
Mind boggling.
Yes! He introduced that idea months ago; isn’t the surprise just that it hasn’t yet been granted? I’m thinking of Xi Jinping’s lifetime presidency -
Who next? The US president last night planted the thought that he expects this election to be “completely corrupt” (translation: he’s losing and wants us to know he won’t leave office willingly)
I've seen this classic British gangster film a couple of times at least, with Bob Hoskins absolutely nailing it, with Helen Mirren doing what she also does best.
Not on Netflix or Prime, but available to rent on YouTube apparently.
I want to watch this with serafina, on a Friday night with lots of wine, and no cake.
Here’s a description from the NYT.
“The Netflix series “Nailed It!” is ... a reality competition series in which amateur bakers make and decorate devilishly intricate desserts, “Nailed It!” is named after the exclamation said bakers have to make when they unveil their inevitably cursed looking creations. |
It’s that moment that elicits the most laughter from my family. These cakes often seem like they are genuinely in pain, and the faces made by the comedian Nicole Byer (who co-hosts alongside the pastry chef Jacques Torres) are eminently GIF-able. It’s a cooking show you can binge without ever feeling hungry afterward.” |
Oh Rice, we should definitely do a champagne meeting while watching the show. I think I watched a couple of episodes when I was missing the Great British Baking show (when my old VPN subscription expired). However, I have to say that the Great British Baking is far more challenging and the bakers featured on the show, albeit amateurs, are very skilled, unlike the ones on Nailed it who are commoners with no actual baking skills. They are bound to fail drastically, and this is the core of the show.
I prefer the Great British Baking because it actually compliments the more skilled participants instead of just making fun of people who are faced with challenges too big for them.
Not to mention the outstanding location where it is filmed and the fine pastry recipes they prepare. It is a completely different show... and so scrumptious!
You are so right! I love the cooking space set up in the huge marquis in that lush green field. And of course the contestants have all worked very hard at learning how to bake the very tricky items, so they are indeed skilled. It is a real pleasure to watch!
I used to enjoy "Can't cook, won't cook" with Ainsley Harriot, when things were much less serious.
I used to enjoy "Can't cook, won't cook" with Ainsley Harriot, when things were much less serious.
I don't know this show, but I guess back then it was not common to invite people on shows just to humiliate and mortify them. I can't believe some shows they broadcast nowadays. I watched some episodes from Gordon Ramsay's show and I was appalled to see his bad temper. How can somebody become so famous because of a bad trait?
I'm talking about the days when stars didn't seek attention. The good old days.
Now?
Everyone says, look at me.
I think it was on Amazon Prime that I saw a family cooking show from Brazil. They invited 7 families to cook a full 3-course meal in a given time, and they had to prepare their family specialties. The atmosphere was very relaxed and the hosts were nice and respectful of contestants. It was refreshing to see there is no need to insult somebody to entertain. I can't really fathom why people enroll in those contests knowing what they are going to face.
Just read about this in the WSJ today:
‘Street Food: Latin America’ Review: A Platter of Vicarious Delights. A Netflix docuseries presents a mouth-watering tour of the street-cuisine of countries including Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.“
Netflix is making this available on Tuesday, July 21. My mouth will be watering when choripan takes center stage.
I hope Netflix purchases the rights to this. Could be a good popcorn night.
It is a good tv show, I didn't get to see the rest on the bbc app, once they finished it on live TV, they deleted it from the app
How disappointing!
I became fascinated by Donald Crowhurst years ago and for those who don't know, he is the sailor who enters a competition to sail around the world non-stop and single handed in 1968.
It's a tragic story of a tormented man who ends up in a trap, mainly of his own making with his empty trimaran eventually being found in the Caribbean.
I can highly recommend Deep Water, a documentary that explores Crowhurst, his life, his family and the race itself.
The Mercy, starring Colin Firth, is a film on the same subject, but doesn't quite explore the depths of despair that Crowhurst must have reached down in the South Atlantic.
Crowhurst apparently takes a much darker look at the man and his voyage into madness and I hope I can find it somewhere.
As an interesting note, he made landfall at Rio Salado, Argentina (contrary to the rules of the race) to repair his boat and a few years ago I rode down there with friends to investigate. Little had changed in over 40 years.