Favourite 1990s movies
My top 5 : Cyrano de Bergerac, Fifth element, Emma, Goldeneye and Mulan. Photo sources : Pinterest, IMDB and rateyourmusic.com/music-review/NinaLove/kurt-bestor/rigoletto/3653682
Le marché aux fleurs (Elizabeth II) in Paris (1)
« Located in the île de la Cité, on Place Louis Lépine between the Notre-Dame Cathedral and Sainte-Chapelle chapel, the flower market has attracted avid gardeners and curious passersby since 1830. Both covered and open-air, the market is mainly formed by pavilions from the 1900s. Their selection is huge: seasonal flowers, exotic flowers, orchids, plants,…
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Photo of the “Northanger Abbey” movie, Regency frame, Jane Austen illustrations and Jane Austen books. Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney are Jane Austen’s characters in the novel Northanger Abbey (written between 1798 and 1803 but published after the Jane Austen’s death in 1817). This book has been adapted in a tv film starring Felicity Jones.…
2000s favourite movies
My top : Huit femmes, Atonement, Pride and prejudice, Le crime est notre affaire, The royal Tenenbaums and The departed.
Favourite 2010s movies
My top : The grand Budapest hotel, Interstellar, Jane Eyre, Les malheurs de Sophie, La la land and zindagi na milegi dobara
Favourite 1980s movies
My top 5 : The blues brothers, Papy fait de la résistance, Die hard, Garde à vue and Starstruck (1982)
Une nuit à la lumière de l’Or de Byzance
Dolce Gabbana model wearing a Byzantine inspired dress and geometric mosaics from the Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily (11th century). This monument is an example of the Arab-Norman architecture : a confluence of the Byzantine and Arabian art and culture in Sicily, when the Normans dominated Sicily (11-12th centuries).
Favourite 1930s movies
My top : You can’t take it with you, Mr Deeds goes to town, It happened one night, Stage door, Platinum blonde, Gold diggers of 1933, The gay divorcee, Easy living, Bombshell, The thin man, and The bachelor father “M” directed by Fritz Lang in 1931 and starring Peter Lorre. “When the police in a…
Favourite 1950s movies
My top : East of Eden, Band wagon, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Les grandes manœuvres, Pillow talk, Sabrina, Mogambo, love in the afternoon and Les diaboliques
Favourite political TV series
My top : The west wing, Spin city, Parlement and Into the ring (memorial)
Favourite war comedy movies
My top : La grande vadrouille and Papy fait de la résistance
Vintage Juan-Les-Pins, France
“Oh viens, viens, viens A Juan les Pins Où l’on a peint Le soleil sur fond bleu” Bob Azzam – “Viens à Juan-Les-Pins”
Nice, city of colors and light
The promenade des Anglais : The sea : The coast : The port Lympia : The Paillon promenade : Palm trees : Pink skies : Colorful streets : The Negresco hotel :
The sea in Antibes, France
Au loin dans le ciel, au delà de la mer, Des montagnes majestueuses m’apparaissaient telle une ligne peinte à l’encre bleue.
