I’ve been keeping cool with these cool, interesting movies. All films and TV shows are available at Video Forum (except Clean, which I got on Netflix) on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope (which is a cool, fun place to spend time on a hot day):

Avatar: Loved it more than I expected to!

The Flower of my Secret: Pedro Almodovar at his sweet, funny, visually gorgeous best!

The Chung King Express: Wong Kar-wei’s film about a Hong Kong policeman and his relationship with a zany woman who works at a fast food shop.

In the Mood for Love: An exquisitely elegant and mysterious film by Wong Kar-wei set in 1962 Hong Kong. With Maggie Cheung.

Summer Hours: A beautiful and poignant film about a french family and their country house by Olivier Assayas.

Clean: Another film by Olivier Assayas. This one about a drug addict/mom and her journey to become “clean” with the great Maggie Cheung (not at Video Forum).

Irma Vep: An Olivier Assayas film about the making of vampire movie with Maggie Cheung and Jean Pierre Leaud.

Did I mention that I’ve been obsessed with these TV shows on DVD:

Mad Men: Of course.

Breaking Bad: Awesome TV. About a chemistry teacher who, desperate to make money, operates a crystal meth lab.

Big Love: Chloe Sevigny, Bruce Dern, Grace Zabriskie, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Kay Place, Ginnifer Goodwin, Bill Paxton, Amanda Seyfried are all part of a great cast in a great series about a polygamous family in Utah.