Two more reviews

The Man Who Knew Too Much
An early Hitchcock (from 1934), about a family who get embroiled in an assassination plot when on holiday in Switzerland. Later remade by the man himself, and you can see why. This one isn't bad, but it doesn't have a huge amount to mark it out as exciting or interesting. The man of the title doesn't actually know a huge amount, and neither does the audience. In fact, I found myself lacking information to really engage fully with the whole movie. I didn't feel like I wasted the 72 minutes it took to watch it, but I can't say it changed my life either. Unlike, say, North by Northwest or Rear Window, two of my favourite Hitchcocks.

Belleville Rendez-vous
Well, I've never seen a film quite like this. This is an animated movie, but not necessarily for kids - parents should most definitely watch it first. Set in France and then a fictionalised New York (the Belleville of the title), the film follows a dedicated, intelligent, club-footed, pushy and practically mute Grandma as she tries to rescue her cyclist son when he gets kidnapped from the Tour de France. She is accompanied by her bloated dog, Bruno, who spends all his time dreaming about, and barking at, trains. You're probably already thinking that this is not your ordinary plot description, even for a French film. Oh, and it gets weirder. And then just when you think it's achieved its peak of weirdness, an old lady kisses a fridge. Not joking. But not wishing to put people off, the animation is fantastic (but very stylised - don't expect big Disney eyes) and the characters human enough to feel some sympathy and affection for them. The villains are suitably sinister as well. It has a good sense of humour, too, poking fun at both French and American eating habits, for one thing. Recommended, but with a note of caution: it wil not be what you expect!