the beat that my heart skipped

Saw two films this week - A History of Violence which was played pretty straight for a David Cronenberg film, except for the blood effects, they were a bit more Cronenbergian.

Second film (picture above) was The beat that my heart skipped which was just blinding, another gritty and complex drama from Jacques Audiard and the writer Tonino Benacquista, whose book I just happened to pick up last year, having been the first book I'd read in ages in French. I was just facinated by the main character, a deeply unsympathetic person, a complex personality played brilliantly by Romain Duris.

We saw both films at our new favourite Cinema 6 which is the historic dockyards in Portsmouth. As far as we can gather they've formed a film club using the cinema at Action Stations. It seems to be early days and the audiences are picking up, its busier each time we've been. More information here You'll have to check the paper for listings, but there are some good movies coming up.