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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 05/10/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 40 Watch a film about bodies of water. This week I watched: Stormy Waters (1941) Near Orouët (1971)

Film posters for Stormy Waters (1941) and Near Orouët (1971).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 28/09/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 39 Watch a movie where food or drink is in the title or plays a role in the plot. This week I watched: La Traversée de Paris (1956) A Monkey in Winter (1962) The Child (2005) Savage Nights (1992) Holy Cow (2024) The Secret of the Grain (2007)

Film posters for La Traversée de Paris (1956), A Monkey in Winter (1962), The Child (2005), Savage Nights (1992), Holy Cow (2024) and The Secret of the Grain (2007).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 21/09/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 38 Watch a movie where a character is learning something new or training to master a skill. This week I watched: The Young Lieutenant (2005) Love at First Fight (2014) Populaire (2012)

Film posters for The Young Lieutenant (2005), Love at First Fight (2014) and Populaire (2012).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 13/09/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 37 Watch a movie where which someone feels or literally is walled in. This week I watched: The Measure of a Man (2015) The Damned (1947) A Prophet (2009) Alice or the Last Escapade (1977) The Nun (1966)

Film posters for The Measure of a Man (2015), The Damned (1947), A Prophet (2009), Alice or the Last Escapade (1977) and The Nun (1966).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 07/09/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 36 Watch a movie with something with no legs. This week I watched: Rust and Bone (2012) The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (1993) BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017)

Film posters for Rust and Bone (2012), The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (1993) and BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 31/08/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 35 Watch a movie featuring something with more than two legs. This week I watched: The Cat (1971) Thick Skinned (1989) Time of the Wolf (2003)

Film posters for The Cat (1971), Thick Skinned (1989) and Time of the Wolf (2003).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 24/08/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 34 Watch a movie with a mysterious person. This week I watched: Man on the Train (2002) The Adversary (2002) Jenny Lamour (1947) The Night of the 12th (2022) A Man's Head (1933) Stranger by the Lake (2013) The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)

Film posters for Man on the Train (2002), The Adversary (2002), Jenny Lamour (1947), The Night of the 12th (2022), A Man's Head (1933), Stranger by the Lake (2013) and The Return of Martin Guerre (1982).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 10/08/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 32 Watch a movie where someone took on more than one role. This week I watched: Love at Sea (1965) La Bête Humaine (1938) Late August, Early September (1998) A Burning Hot Summer (2011) Buffet Froid (1979) Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) Genesis (2018)

Film posters for Love at Sea (1965), La Bête Humaine (1938), Late August, Early September (1998), A Burning Hot Summer (2011), Buffet Froid (1979), Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) and Genesis (2018).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 03/08/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 31 Watch a movie about reuniting. This week I watched: A Tale of Winter (1992) Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963) The Woman Next Door (1981)

Film posters for A Tale of Winter (1992), Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963) and The Woman Next Door (1981).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 27/07/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 30 Watch a movie with an acting, writing or directing debut. This week I watched: See How They Fall (1994) Naked Childhood (1968)

Film posters for See How They Fall (1994) and Naked Childhood (1968).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 19/07/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 29 Watch a movie about a challenge. This week I watched: Custody (2017) Maya (2018)

Film posters for Custody (2017) and Maya (2018).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 12/07/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 28 Watch a movie about New York. This week I watched: Two Men in Manhattan (1959) A Couch in New York (1996) Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965) The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

Film posters for Two Men in Manhattan (1959), A Couch in New York (1996), Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965) and The Panic in Needle Park (1971).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 06/07/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 27 Watch a movie 99 minutes or under. This week I watched: Toute une nuit (1982) Friday Night (2002) Nocturnal Uproar (1979) No Fear, No Die (1990) 36 Fillette (1988) News from Home (1976) Sex Is Comedy (2002)

Film posters for Toute une nuit (1982), Friday Night (2002), Nocturnal Uproar (1979), No Fear, No Die (1990), 36 Fillette (1988), News from Home (1976) and Sex Is Comedy (2002).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 29/06/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 26 Watch a movie starring someone from an acting dynasty. This week I watched: Persepolis (2007) Polisse (2011) Le Pont du Nord (1981) Talk to Her (2002) The Wild Child (1970) The Crimson Rivers (2000)

Film posters for Persepolis (2007), Polisse (2011), Le Pont du Nord (1981), Talk to Her (2002), The Wild Child (1970) and The Crimson Rivers (2000).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 22/06/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 25 Watch a film released between 2000 and 2009. This week I watched: The Bridge of Arts (2004) Tomorrow We Move (2004) The Aura (2005) Yi Yi (2000)

Film posters for The Bridge of Arts (2004), Tomorrow We Move (2004), The Aura (2005) and Yi Yi (2000).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 15/06/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 24 Watch a movie where a character turns to others for help. This week I watched: Mars Express (2023) Two Men in Town (1973) Arco (2025)

Film posters for Mars Express (2023), Two Men in Town (1973) and Arco (2025).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 07/06/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 23 Watch a movie with a connection to The Beatles. This week I watched: Belle épine (2010) Two of Us (2019) Microcosmos (1996) Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)

Film posters for Belle épine (2010), Two of Us (2019), Microcosmos (1996) and Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 01/06/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 22 Watch a movie inspired by stories, ideas, or media that originated outside cinema. This week I watched: The Bride Wore Black (1968) The Bridesmaid (2004) Panic (1946) The Breach (1970) Monsieur Hire (1989) Two English Girls (1971) Madame Bovary (1991)

Film posters for The Bride Wore Black (1968), The Bridesmaid (2004), Panic (1946), The Breach (1970), Monsieur Hire (1989), Two English Girls (1971) and Madame Bovary (1991).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 25/05/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 21 Watch a movie where toxicity leaves its mark. This week I watched: Poison Friends (2006) Violette Nozière (1978) Nightcap (2000)

Film posters for Poison Friends (2006), Violette Nozière (1978) and Nightcap (2000).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 18/05/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 20 Watch a movie with a youngsters theme. This week I watched: Summer of 85 (2020) My Brilliant Career (1979)

Film posters for Summer of 85 (2020) and My Brilliant Career (1979).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 10/05/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 19 Watch a movie with a connection to the Star Wars Franchise. This week I watched: Frankie (2019) Gemma Bovery (2014) The Hedgehog (2009) The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) Theorem (1968) Illustrious Corpses (1976) The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Film posters for Frankie (2019), Gemma Bovery (2014), The Hedgehog (2009), The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026), Theorem (1968), Illustrious Corpses (1976) and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 04/05/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 18 Watch a movie with a Korean connection‬. This week I watched: A Day Off (1968) The Housemaid (1960) Christmas in August (1998) Aimless Bullet (1961)

Film posters for A Day Off (1968), The Housemaid (1960), Christmas in August (1998) and Aimless Bullet (1961).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 20/04/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 16 Watch a movie with a three word title. This week I watched: On the Waterfront (1954) Zero Fucks Given (2021) All About Eve (1950)

Film posters for On the Waterfront (1954), Zero Fucks Given (2021) and All About Eve (1950).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 13/04/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 15 Catch up, guilt free, in this week's Watchlist Amnesty. This week I watched: Daybreak (1939) In the Mood for Love (2000) Irma Vep (1996) Rear Window (1954) Grand Illusion (1937) Orpheus (1950) Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Film posters for Daybreak (1939), In the Mood for Love (2000), Irma Vep (1996), Rear Window (1954), Grand Illusion (1937), Orpheus (1950) and Trouble in Paradise (1932).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 06/04/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 14 Watch a movie about dancing. This week I watched: The Party (1980) Masquerade (2022) Passages (2023) Band of Outsiders (1964) Rise (2022) The Triplets of Belleville (2003) Up, Down, Fragile (1995)

Film posters for The Party (1980), Masquerade (2022), Passages (2023), Band of Outsiders (1964), Rise (2022), The Triplets of Belleville (2003) and Up, Down, Fragile (1995).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 29/03/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 13 Watch a remake, reboot, reimagining, or the original movie. This week I watched: Love Crime (2010) 36th Precinct (2004) The Jackpot! (1991) Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) Rabid Dogs (1974) Nine Queens (2000) The Intouchables (2011) The Wages of Fear (1953)

Film posters for Love Crime (2010), 36th Precinct (2004), The Jackpot! (1991), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), Rabid Dogs (1974), Nine Queens (2000), The Intouchables (2011) and The Wages of Fear (1953).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 22/03/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 12 Watch a movie featuring someone from the Oscars In Memoriam list, or someone they missed. This week I watched: Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009) We Won't Grow Old Together (1972) The Meetings of Anna (1978)

Film posters for Hideaway (Le refuge) (2009), We Won't Grow Old Together (1972) and The Meetings of Anna (1978).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 16/03/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 11 Watch an award nominee. This week I watched: The Little Sister (2025) Le Plaisir (1952) The Fog of War (2003) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Murmur of the Heart (1971)

Film posters for The Little Sister (2025), Le Plaisir (1952), The Fog of War (2003), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) and Murmur of the Heart (1971).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 08/03/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 10 Watch a movie with a character holding something on the poster. This week I watched: Queen to Play (2009) A Private Life (2025) Innocence (2004) Hadewijch (2009) Beautiful Lies (2010) The Big Risk (1960)

Film posters for Queen to Play (2009), A Private Life (2025), Innocence (2004), Hadewijch (2009), Beautiful Lies (2010) and The Big Risk (1960).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 01/03/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 9 Watch a movie embracing the "end". This week I watched: Last Train Home (2009) The Last Metro (1980) Bellamy (2009) The End of the Day (1939) Woman in Chains (1968) The Last Mistress (2007) Confidentially Yours (1983)

Film posters for Last Train Home (2009), The Last Metro (1980), Bellamy (2009), The End of the Day (1939), Woman in Chains (1968), The Last Mistress (2007) and Confidentially Yours (1983).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 22/02/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 8 Watch a movie with a plural in the title. This week I watched: 35 Shots of Rum (2008) Bastards (2013) Les Dames du bois de Boulogne (1945) Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) The Lives of Others (2006) Children of Paradise (1945) Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Film posters 35 Shots of Rum (2008), Bastards (2013), Les Dames du bois de Boulogne (1945), Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978), The Lives of Others (2006), Children of Paradise (1945) and Bicycle Thieves (1948).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 15/02/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 7 Watch a movie about couples. This week I watched: Romantics Anonymous (2010) Goodbye First Love (2011) A Room in Town (1982) Undine (2020) Transit (2018) Contempt (1963) The Soft Skin (1964)

Film posters Romantics Anonymous (2010), Goodbye First Love (2011), A Room in Town (1982), Undine (2020), Transit (2018), Contempt (1963) and The Soft Skin (1964).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 09/02/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 6 Watch movie that is celebrating a major anniversary. This week I watched: Trouble Every Day (2001) Frantz (2016) Duelle (1976) Poison (1951) Cria! (1976) Small Change (1976) Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

Film posters for Trouble Every Day (2001), Frantz (2016), Duelle (1976), Poison (1951), Cria! (1976), Small Change (1976) and Diary of a Country Priest (1951).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 02/02/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 5 This week I watched: Hiroshima Mon Amour Je Tu Il Elle My Man The Beat That My Heart Skipped Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Father of My Children My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument All Your Faces

Film posters for Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), Je Tu Il Elle (1974), My Man (1996), The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Father of My Children (2009), My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996) and All Your Faces (2023).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 25/01/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 4 Watch a "blue" movie. This week I watched: Bluebeard (2009) Blue My Mind (2017) Blue (2002) Withnail & I (1987) Smoking Causes Coughing (2022) Ava (2017) Atlantics (2019)

Film posters for Bluebeard (2009), Blue My Mind (2017), Blue (2002), Withnail & I (1987), Smoking Causes Coughing (2022), Ava (2017) and Atlantics (2019).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 19/01/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 3 Watch a movie about siblings. This week I watched: Le Sourire (1994) Eden (2014) Police (1985) First Voyage (1980) Rosetta (1999) The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) Delicacy (2011) Jealousy (2013)

Film posters for Le Sourire (1994), Eden (2014), Police (1985), First Voyage (1980), Rosetta (1999), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), Delicacy (2011) and Jealousy (2013).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 11/01/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 2 Watch a highly rated movie. This week I watched: Love Me No More (2008) See the Sea (1997) L'Atalante (1934) In Her Name (2016) Blue (1993) Coup de Torchon (1981)

Film posters for Love Me No More (2008), See the Sea (1997), L'Atalante (1934), In Her Name (2016), Blue (1993) and Coup de Torchon (1981).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 04/01/2026

📽️ Movie Challenge 2026 - Week 1 Watch a movie about a "first". This week I watched: La Pointe Courte (1955) Venus Beauty Institute (1999) There's Still Tomorrow (2023) Chocolat (1988) All Is Forgiven (2007) Age of Panic (2013) Anaïs in Love (2021) The Dancer (2016) The Adopted (2011)

Film posters for La Pointe Courte (1955), Venus Beauty Institute (1999), There's Still Tomorrow (2023), Chocolat (1988), All Is Forgiven (2007), Age of Panic (2013), Anaïs in Love (2021), The Dancer (2016) and The Adopted (2011).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 29/12/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 52 Watch a movie watched by another challenger in 2025. This week I watched: Port of Shadows (1938) White Material (2009) Afire (2023) Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)

Film posters for Port of Shadows (1938), White Material (2009), Afire (2023) and Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 22/12/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 51 Watch a movie not seen by any challenger in 2025. This week I watched: In My Skin (2002) A Gentle Woman (1969) Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995)

Film posters for In My Skin (2002), A Gentle Woman (1969) and Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 15/12/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 50 Watch a movie from your favourite challenge of 2025. This week I watched two films directed by a woman for the Week 11 challenge: Nathalie... (2003) The Innocents (2016)

Film posters for Nathalie... (2003) and The Innocents (2016).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 08/12/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 49 Watch a movie about guests and visitors. This week I watched: Inside (2007) The Dinner Game (1998)

Film posters for Inside (2007) and The Dinner Game (1998).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 24/11/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 47 Watch a 2024 movie. This week I watched: Wild Diamond Parthenope Visiting Hours Vermiglio

Film posters for Wild Diamond (2024), Parthenope (2024), Visiting Hours (2024) and Vermiglio (2024).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 26/10/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 43 Watch a movie about time. This week I watched: Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime (1968) A Few Hours of Spring (2012) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) One Hundred and One Nights (1995)

Film posters for Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime (1968), A Few Hours of Spring (2012), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) and One Hundred and One Nights (1995).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 20/10/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 42 Watch a movie about buildings. This week I watched: The Apartment (1996) Raw (2016) Supermarket (1974) Hôtel du Nord (1938) The Old Gun (1975) Le Trou (1960) Diabolique (1955)

Film posters for The Apartment (1996), Raw (2016), Supermarket (1974), Hôtel du Nord (1938), The Old Gun (1975), Le Trou (1960) and Diabolique (1955).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 13/10/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 41 Watch a movie about stories of people, memories, and realities that slip through our fingers. This week I watched: Under the Sand (2000) Last Year at Marienbad (1961) The Beautiful Prisoner (1983) The Lady Vanishes (1938) A Very Long Engagement (2004)

Film posters for Under the Sand (2000), Last Year at Marienbad (1961), The Beautiful Prisoner (1983), The Lady Vanishes (1938) and A Very Long Engagement (2004).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 05/10/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 40 Watch a movie about pursuit, toying with the enemy or clever one-upmanship. This week I watched: Breathless (1960) Le Doulos (1962) Bob le Flambeur (1956)

Film posters for Breathless (1960), Le Doulos (1962) and Bob le Flambeur (1956).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 29/09/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 39 Watch a movie with a connection to things you plant. This week I watched: Daisies (1966) Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997) Rosa la rose, fille publique (1986) The Flower of Evil (2003) Mood Indigo (2013) The Apprentices (1995) The Green Ray (1986)

Film posters for Daisies (1966), Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997), Rosa la rose, fille publique (1986), The Flower of Evil (2003), Mood Indigo (2013), The Apprentices (1995) and The Green Ray (1986).

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Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.net · 21/09/2025

📽️ Movie Challenge 2025 - Week 38 Watch a movie filmed in, or set during, the 1990s. This week I watched: The Doom Generation (1995) Show Me Love (1998) The Dreamlife of Angels (1998) Wild Reeds (1994) Before the Rain (1994)

Film posters for The Doom Generation (1995), Show Me Love (1998), The Dreamlife of Angels (1998), Wild Reeds (1994) and Before the Rain (1994).

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