its means 'shady'

I am pretty darn excited about seeing the new film by Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet called Micmacs (meaning 'shady'!). Woo hoo! It will be playing as part of the French Film Festival March 17-31 at Paradiso in Northbridge!

Top Dog

I am obsessed at the moment with that game "what are your favourite films in this genre/actor/director/era etc...?" These are my top 4 films about artists...

Raw Appeal

This film clip for the Girls - Lust for Life by Aaron Brown is a touch of Harmony Korine films of the 90's, with a bit of 70's porn thrown in for good measure and topped off with a touch of Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun - SJP styles!

Kiss and Tell

Pretty intrigued by this one, comes out on boxing day!

Collaboration Kudos

Directors are really getting in to fashion this season, first Tim Burton now Spike Jonze! In collaboration with Opening Ceremony they have come up with a collection based on his new film Where The Wild Things Are. And as you may know we are pretty excited about that film here at Lala Orange. Personally I love a bit of cheese especially when it is done well and I rate this collection haha.

Lullyby For Pi

I have quite the style crush on Clemence Poesy! Not only is she in the final 2 Harry Potter movies but she is shooting at the moment a film called Lullaby for Pi co-starring Rupert Friend (Keira Knightly's lover) as shown in the first image. I am very intrigued to see that one and the costumes look great!

French fragrance

For those of you who have seen Inglourious Basterds you will know Melanie Laurent (she kinda stole the show) Why are French people just so effortlessly cool?!

Gracious Me

We went and saw "The September Issue" yesterday and by far the star of the film was Grace Coddington, creative director at Vogue. She well and truely stole Anna Wintours thunder and her talent is pretty inspiring.

The Last Goodbye

It looks like they are finally creating films that hark days to great films of the 80's such as The Dark Crystal that were inspiring and imaginative! I wasn't the biggest Heath Ledger fan but he did have a nack for choosing great films and this seems to be one of them.

R.I.P John Hughes

It's a sad day when one of the greatest directors of the 80's passes away!

Floating on a cloud!

Last night the Lala gang packed their picnic baskets and headed down to the swan river in Bayswater to watch the floating cinema hosted by Perth International Arts Festival! It was delightful and a perfect end to the weekend!

They were showing Kiki's Delivery Service which is made by the same people who did Howls Moving Castle. It was so innocent and sweet and GiGi the kitty was was funny. Kitty Brite got all domestic on us and baked roasted onion tarts, these roast tomatoe mini delights and prawn salad. It was feast and the most enjoyable evening! I hope you all had a great weekend!

Would you beliEVE it?

So funniest thing happens last night...I went and saw Flickerfest @ Camelot Outdoor (oh super lovely free drinks and pizza yum!) and I am watching this film called 'Eve' which is about this grandaughter who is dragged along on her grandma's date! It stars that girl from the Wackness and Juno- Olivia Thirbly and Lauren Bacall (who is so still very beautiful) and the cute and v. charming Ben Gazzara. After it finished I am thinking to myself 'Awww that was my favourite!" and then guess who directed it?! Natalie Portman-no wonder I haven't seen her in anything recent lately she is making cute super cool films! I guess thats also why she had such great actors and had the very talented Sufjan Stevens do the soundtrack they are probably all friends but regardless I think she tells a lovely story! Tops!!!!

P.S Oh yeah Flickerfest runs all weekend and has different films each night! I think I might go on Saturday night too!

P.P.S Oh yeah how pretty does she look with long hair-yeah?