When I first saw the trailer for Christophe Honore’s new film Love Songs I didn’t know what to make of it. What started out as a Antoine Doinelesque (Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board) look at 3 lovers, soon turned into a montage of French songs, with the actors singing and moving to the music. At first it wasn’t clear if the characters were supposed to be singing, but then it became obvious that the film was in fact a musical. I saw the trailer 2-3 more times in the next week and by the 3rd time I was getting into it quite a bit and YouTube’d it.

After maybe 12 viewings, I knew I wanted to see the film. So when I heard that the director Christophe Honore and star Louis Garrel would be in Brooklyn on March 2nd for an advanced screening, I bought my ticket right away, expecting a fun and musical movie experience. The film had moments of fun and great songs, but it was darker than expected and after the Q&A I realized it was also more political than it appeared.

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One of my favorite websites is http://www.apple.com/trailers - mainly because I could watch movie trailers for hours! When I went to the trailers page last, I noticed that the trailer for The Visitor was up. I excitedly hit play and watched. (*I should note that trailers for Get Smart and Love Songs also made me happy)

The Visitor is about “a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City.” And it teaches us that “in a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life.”

The film stars Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) and is written/directed by Tom McCarthy, who also wrote/directed The Station Agent, a great little film that also deals with different folks coming together and finding that new relationships and experiences can change one’s life.

to watch the trailer on the Apple website, or watch the YouTube version below (the quality isn’t as good though ).

Also and learn how you can get involved with the film.