Most of the population of Seattle seems to have been glued to their TVs for some (American) football game or other; I decided to go to see The History Boys. It was wonderful. Yes, of course it was produced and directed like a play rather than a film: when you’ve got one of the best contemporary plays to work with, why not? It was smart, intelligent, poignant, funny… and you’d better be ready to drag your dimly-remembered school French out of the furthest recesses of your brain, because there are no subtitles!
Three wonderful English films in succession: “The Queen”, “Casino Royale”, and now “The History Boys”. I think my next two films will be “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “Venus”