From Europe with Love

The sunshine seems to have disappeared behind a cloud. If you're sitting in work, you'll just have to believe us. We're optimistic though: we're sure it's just for a little while. As residents of the British Isles however, it's necessary to be realsitic too. If it stays this overcast and muggy, we may be forced to abandon our park picnic frolicks and admit that al fresco dining is best done on the continent.

It is important to put a Euro flavour on the day though -- it is after all, Europe Day. (Happy Europe Day! Yay, ABBA!) If you too have packed up your hamper of croissants and champagne, we've just the place for you to go. Following up the royal theme, head to the Prince Charles cinema. Cinematic euro fest From Europe with Love looks pretty darn good.

Featuring films from Cocteau, Fellini, Bergman and Polanski, this festival is pressing all the right play buttons. Newer Hungarian and German future cult classics are showing too. There'll be Q&A sessions aplenty before the feature presentation of Hungarian comedy Tamara, and if you can make it for eight o'clock it looks quirky and fun. Painted animals and general craziness.

It's an all day, all night event, so you can knock off work now and grab your popcorn! Stay all day and it probably doesn't matter if the sun does peek out again. You can catch our one to watch, the midnight screening of UK-Italo horror Don't Look Now. Maybe even go the whole hog and finish it all off with the 4am showing of Knife in the Water. It's not like you'll have to get up for work in the morning, now, is it?

Image courtesy of Open Democracy Flickr Stream

Written by Nicole on 9 May 2008 12:09 PM. Permalink