A young French woman (Pascale Ogier) leads a double life, but is not satisfied with either. She flits between her country retreat, shared with her boyfriend (Tcheky Karyo), & her Parisian apartment, where she is subject to the entreaties of a young suitor. Eric Rohmer directs this low-key study of a woman who finds it impossible to settle down. The role was created in collaboration with Ogier, who died of cancer shortly after the film was completed. ...

Comedy about the new boy in town whose self-aggrandizing lies come home to roost. Sam Leonard (Ryan Pinkston) is the new kid at Bridgeport High &
- sporting a Neil Diamond c.1971 haircut & having just been dropped off from an Isuzu sedan
- his work is cut out for him in the making pals dept. Sam's counsellor advises him that twisting the truth might be the way to make friends so he becomes a full-on pants-on-fire case. By lunchtime, as far as everyone is concerned, his Porsche is in the shop, his dad is a pretty big rockstar & a few hot babes including one blonde young teacher are even taking a shine to him. His worries about being found out are soon allayed by dint of the fact that his lies, after a magical mirror breaking incident, start to come true. His dad is a washed-up hippie muso who signs him a beer now & then, there's a red Porsche in the garage belonging to him & he's the top shooter on the school basketball team. Only one girl sees through it all
- the one girl who liked him without the lies anyway...


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Johnny Dawes is the enigmatic front man of an eclectic band of British climbers who in the mid 1980's redefined the standards of difficulty & danger in traditional climbing. This book gives his take on a highly influential period of climbing history & a look inside the mind of a tormented genius. ...