an eastern addition

Hi folks,

I should thank someone very special in my acceptance speech of your award of gratitude: my old friend - the one who will never grow old (as opposed to the ones who look younger every day - you know who you are!) and most endearing confident: Mounir (aka Mark, Manou, Minou...) of Montreal/Montmartre/Marash . I am very proud to call him my friend for over 15 years now. We met at Concordia studying French Cinema under Serge Lozic. I learned more from my chats over coffee with Mounir and his unbelievable regime of watching every foreign film that came to Montreal, than I did from the Great Lozic. I am only sorry that I can't do coffee with him every Sunday and enjoy his eastern ways in the in Jewel of the St-Lawrence: Montreal... missing you much manou, j'oublirais jamais ``La Pomme`` MT

Mark has been doing his yearly "best of list" for ages, it is something I look forward to reading every new year, and I would like to pass on a sampling of his reviews.

Folks, you should do what Mounir says (he told me to say this BTW)!

your humble midwife,

viken

A new year...and a new list!!!!

AMONGST THE 71 MOVIES THAT I SAW AT THE CINEMA THIS PAST YEAR ... THIS IS THE 10 OR 12 CHOSEN ONES ...
10. MILLION DOLLAR BABY
9. TIE: CAPOTE & CRASH
8. HEAD ON
7. PARADISE NOW
6. 2046
5. ME AND YOU & EVERYONE WE KNOW
4. HAPPY ENDINGS
3. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
2. TIE: LA MALA EDUCACION & MYSTERIOUS SKIN
1. C.R.A.Z.Y

HONOURABLE MENTIONS GOES TO... (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

THE SEA INSIDE// DOWNFALL// PALINDROMES// SARABANDE//
LA NEUVAINE// WHERE THE TRUTH LIES// 5X2// SIN CITY//
HOTEL RWANDA// LE ROLE DE SA VIE//STAY//
KING KONG// VIPERE AU POING// BROKEN FLOWERS//
ILS SE MARIERENT ET EURENT BEAUCOUP D'ENFANTS// SYRIANA

PURE PLEASURE(S)...

VISUAL FEAST: LA MARCHE DE L'EMEREUR
CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

MUSICAL FEAST:
MESDAMES & MESSIEURS

GUILTY PLEASURE...

CORPSE BRIDE, CRUSTACES & COQUILLAGES,
PODIUM

PURELY BAD...
BE COOL

PLAYS ...

ENLEVEMENT, SEQUESTRATION ET MISE A MORT D'UN HUMORISTE

CONCERTS ...
FAIROUZ (PLACE DES ARTS)
OMARA PORTUANDO (PLACE DES ARTS)
LHASA (CORONA)

SPECTACLES...
FEMMES D'ORIENT ( PDA)
LADY BUNNY @ JELLO BAR

ART SHOWS . ..
PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE -MUNICH
GELLERT HOTEL & SPA IN BUDAPEST
AND ... 90% OF THE CITY OF PRAGUE!!!

VOILA...

2006 BISOUS ...

MK