Film Fest!

Greyrocks has over the years looked forward to seeing current and classic films in Palolem. Past posts praise the quirky Steak House cum cinema and the films we watched. But now it is "All Change!" Simon - an enthusiastic and creative Brit - is in partnership with a local and they run the place as a cocktail bar opening onto the street, a restaurant with a fairly short but varied menu and a cinema usually showing two films per night. The orientation of the screen has been altered, the loos improved beyond recognition, and there are numerous additions by way of furniture and decoration.  After the first few visits a fault developed in the projector so remaining films were shown in black and white, but the sound quality is good (other than intrusion from street noise and neighbouring music), technical support good and film selection excellent. In addition there are occasional live music evenings.

At El Diablo we saw:

Churchill
LBJ
Mudbound
Darkest Hour
Viceroy's House (this season's Indian- themed feature!)
The Post
Three Billboards ..
Death of Stalin (not popular with Russian tribe in Goa!)

Blues Brothers (themed night with a band afterwards)
Charity Movie Quiz in which Greyrocks !


The Nepali boys who ran the place for all those years have moved to the south end of the beach, and it is more or less the same operation:- a huge menu concentrating on Thai dishes and steaks, efficient service but not much conversation, and a bit hit-and-miss when there are technical problems. It is also a torch job to get there at night, and a walk there is needed every two days or so to find out the programme. On the plus side, the food is great and it is much quieter than before!

At The Steak House we saw: Manchester by the Sea and Call me by your Name

Add to that what we viewed on the BA flights:

Goodbye Christopher Robin (Ruth outbound)
Film Stars don't die .... (both of us inbound)
Paddington 2 (Ruth inbound)

.. and you have more films than we would see in several non-Goa years - and all for free!
By the time we were back in Fuerte the Oscars had been awarded and Greyrocks felt particularly well-informed!