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Footloose (1984)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 9, 2014
Footloose (Herbert Ross, 1984)
It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), an upbeat Chicago teen
who moves to a small town in which, as a result of the efforts of a local
minister (John Lithgow), dancing and
rock music have been banned.
For the thirty years of this cult classic, The read more
Body Double
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 5, 2014
Body Double (Brian De Palma, 1984)
A young man tries to
make it as an actor in Hollywood but he struggles with his fear of confined
spaces and his voyeuristic behaviors. This later vice will mix him with a
mysterious murder of hitchcockian scape.
Jake Scully (Craig
Wasson) is our protagonis read more
NHL Playoffs - Round 2 - Predicts
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 2, 2014
Fair and square here are my complete predictions for Round 2 of the NHL Playoffs: Montréal vs. Boston: Mtl in 5 or 6 games. And yes it makes me sick to think of this but I think the Habs will go far this year. Pitssburgh vs. Rangers: Pit in 6 games. Even if the NYR are one of my favorite teams, th read more
Music Review : Sunn O))) & Ulver’s Terrestrials
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 2, 2014
Sunn O))) & Ulver - Terrestrials
In the vein of Godspeed
You! Black Emperor!, Sunn O)))
has always been a reference in Drone music exploring patterns, textures,
sonorities, and the musical boundaries of sound and noise. On the other side, Ulver with an early Black Metal
trilogie and a tri read more
NHL Playoffs - Game 7(s) #becauseitsthecup
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 30, 2014
My picks for tonight's games
The epic best of seven series that the National Hockey League offers us every spring not often gives us series that goes into sudden death with an ultimate seventh game featuring two teams battling to get to the next round.
With the same trepidation a great motion pict read more
We'll be back after a little break...
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 11, 2014
For the few of you who are wondering what happened lately to LMdC (short for Le Mot du Cinephiliaque) here are the latest news:
First, my wife and I are waiting for a little baby girl to come to our lovely home by June 24th. I might have mentioned it here before but now is the official announcemen read more
Starbuck
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 31, 2014
Starbuck
(Ken Scott, 2011)
David (Patrick Huard) is a delivery man for
the family butchery. He is the black sheep and owes 80 000$ to a gang. He
grows weed in his apartment and one day he learns that he is the father of 533
children. Having given more than 600 times to a sperm bank twenty read more
Blissfully Yours
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 28, 2014
Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002)
The story of a love
affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.
After watching Blissfully
Yours from Thai director Apichatpong
Weerasethakul, which makes it the fourth of his films I’ve seen lately, I
am even more con read more
The Ice Storm
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 26, 2014
The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)
The film features an
ensemble cast of Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Tobey Maguire, Christina
Ricci, Elijah Wood, and Sigourney Weaver. Set during
Thanksgiving 1973, The Ice Storm is
about two dysfunctional New Canaan, Connecticut families who are trying to deal
with tumul read more
Young Mr. Lincoln
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 24, 2014
Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)
A family traveling
through New Salem, Illinois in their wagon need groceries from Lincoln's store
and the only thing of value they have is a barrel of old books including a law
book, "Blackstone's Commentaries." After thoroughly reading the book,
Abe (Henry Fon read more
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 21, 2014
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal
Akerman, 1975)
Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig) is a single mother and
a six years widow with a teenage son. They live in the same apartment where she
daily receives one man to subsists to their needs. The audience is asked to
watch her read more
The Tiger of Eschnapur
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 19, 2014
The Tiger of Eschnapur (Fritz Lang, 1959)
Fritz Lang returned to
Germany to direct two films The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb, which
together tell the story of a German architect (Paul Hubschmid), the Indian maharaja (Walter Reyer) for whom he is supposed to build schools and
hospitals, read more
Oldboy (2003)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 17, 2014
Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
The film follows the
story of one Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik),
who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's
motives. When he is finally released, Dae-su finds himself still trapped in a
web of conspiracy and violence. His own quest for vengean read more
Dressed to Kill
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 14, 2014
Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma, 1980)
It centers on the
murder of a housewife and an investigation involving a young prostitute who
witnessed the murder, the victim’s teenaged son and her psychiatrist.
Not admitting that Brian De Palma uses aesthetics and
masters the thriller genre wou read more
The Terminator
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 12, 2014
The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
In 2029, artificially
intelligent machines are attempting to exterminate what is left of the human
race. Two beings from this era travel back in time to 1984 Los Angeles: One is
a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a cyborg assassin programmed to kill a woman
n read more
The Music Room
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 10, 2014
The Music Room aka Jalsaghar
(Satiyajit Ray, 1958)
Jalsaghar depicts the end days of a decadant zamindar
or landlord (Chhabi Biswas) in
Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with
economic adversity.
Nowadays, Indian Cinema has been linked with Bollywood
pictures read more
The Grandmaster
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 7, 2014
The Grandmaster (Wong Kar-wai, 2013)
The film chronicles
the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man from the 1930s in Foshan, his
flight to Hong Kong after the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the events leading
to his death.
After a six year gap since his last film, My Blueberry Nights, a fil read more
The Wolf of Wall Street
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 5, 2014
The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
Based on Jordan
Belfort’s memoir of the same name, it is an extravagant retelling of the rise
and the fall of a young stockbroker who ruled the financial world.
Optioned by its star Leonardo
DiCaprio at the time the memoir was published, t read more
March Update: Mike's Movie Goals 2014
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 4, 2014
Last year when I made my resolutions for 2013 I pretty much
made a list of films that were films I wanted to watch in priority and some
blindspot directors. Just look at my original post here.
During the year, I modified those goals and I got circling
around the list because I thought it was alrea read more
Results: Final Oscar Predictions
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 3, 2014
Here are my picks (in bold) (winners in green and my incorrect picks in red) for the 2014 Academy Awards:
Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
&nbs read more