Trailer: An Education

I found Carey Mulligan quite annoying as Catherine in the ITV version of Northanger Abbey, but I think she might be quite good in this new film from Lone Scherfig and Nick Hornby. The storyline of an ordinary school girl becoming romantically involved with a rich older man (played by Peter Sarsgaard) is quite interesting here, as it differs from the typical cliché of a sleazy older man dating a slutty teenage girl. The film had a very positive response when shown at Sundance earlier this year, and I’m pleased that for once there is a British film I’m looking forward to seeing, because that’s quite a rare occurence.

Trailer: Paper Heart

I mentioned in my previous post that I love films which are made by and about the same person, particularly when that person is charming and talented, like Scott Prendergast or Miranda July. Charlyne Yi is another example, and I can’t wait to see her film, Paper Heart, which blurs the line between fiction and reality as a fictionalised account of her real relationship with ace young actor Michael Cera. I loved Michael in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and from what I’ve seen of Charlyne, I think I’ll love her too. They’re such an adorable couple. I haven’t watched a trailer as many times as this since The Science of Sleep, and that turned out to be an all-time favourite of mine, so I have a very good feeling about Paper Heart and hope it will get a UK release not too long after it’s out in America in August.