so much of montmartre has become famous because of amelie, including here.tre has always been an artistic quarter, but amelie, set at the beginning of the 21st century in these dazzling hot, sunny parisian days, all these scenes set around sacre—coeur. and i think in cinema, it gave paris a whole new lease of life just because of the romantic, idyllic, idealistic way thatjean—pierre jeunet filmed amelie. another great moment of 2024 for me was at the venice film festival, when i met the celebrated director pedro almodovar. he had made his first film in the english language, the room next door. even though it deals with a hard topic, he does it with his customary flourishes of colour and humour. being close — in the room next door, so to speak — as a terminally ill person chooses the time of their dying, is the subject of oscar—winning spanish director pedro almodovar�*s latest film. tilda swinton plays martha... grunts in frustration ..a journalist with incurable cancer. and julianne moore is the friend, ingrid, who is asked to accompany her on what martha w