Celebrate the Small Things 15-8-25

 

It's the end of the week, so it's time to Celebrate the Small Things.

What am I celebrating this week?

It's the weekend!

And I only have another three days in my current job.  That feels very, very weird, I tell you!  It's been so busy, I don't think it's really sunk in.  I have a couple of days off at the end of next week to try and re-set my head to get ready for the new role, but I've already managed to book a lot of stuff for those days.

Reviews for Standing too Close are beginning to trickle in.  They're good.  Not raves, but everyone seems to have enjoyed the story and its heartbreaking nature.  I think heartbreaking is my brand...  I never let my kids get away without breaking a few hearts along the way.

The film festival started and I've seen two films so far. 

 It Was Just an Accident which won the Palme d'or at Cannes this year was a surprisingly funny film.  Very twisty too.  It really kept you guessing all the way through at the same time as showing some of the absurdities of living in modern Iran.  The characters were all very real too, acting inexactly the contrary way people do in times of stress.  I enjoyed it very much.

Mirrors No.3 is a German film about a young girl who is kind of adopted into a stranger's family after her boyfriend is killed in a car crash she miraculously escapes unharmed.  The family is trying to recover from a tragedy of its own, and the role Laura takes in their lives becomes increasingly disturbing as more details of what they've been going through come to light. I didn't love this one, but it definitely had some interesting moments in it.

I have another nine films to see over the next eight days, so I'll keep you posted.

What are you celebrating this week?