The Vanishing was our pre-hallowe’en  feature, intended to get you just a bit nervous, before the weekend of mischief and nonsense. The charming thing about The Vanishing though, was it’s ability to keep us smiling, mostly by re-living endearing scenes played out between the young, holidaying couple. Saskia was just so damned cute! Playing that off against the sense of inevitable doom, and you have, in my not-so-humble opinion, a very fine piece of film making.

It occurred to me that The Vanishing and last week’s selection, Fat Girl, had a lot in common… holidaying in France, danger on the road, terror… but the things that made one laugh in Fat Girl were also discomforting. Next week we’ll try to get off the road, and out of France. Stay tuned.

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