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Point Blank
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 22, 2014
Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)
This cult classic staring Lee Marvin as Walker a man seeking for revenge against the
organization that owes him money and that has a scheme that Walker will try to
erase.
The film is the produce of Marvin and director John Boorman agreeing on the poor
quality o read more
Gravity
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 21, 2014
Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron, 2013)
The film is set during
a fictitious Shuttle Explorer's STS-157 mission. Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a medical engineer
on her first space shuttle mission aboard the Space Shuttle Explorer. She is
accompanied by veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) read more
The Lost Weekend
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 20, 2014
The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, 1945)
The film recounts the
life of an alcoholic
New York writer, Don Birnam (Ray
Milland), over the last half of a
six-year period, and in particular on a weekend alcoholic binge.
Preparing for a weekend away, Don and his brother Wick (Philip Terry), Don canR read more
Hoop Dreams
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 17, 2014
Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994)
Following the High
School path of two young African-American Basketball prospects from the
surroundings of Chicago we discover more than just their dedication to their
sport.
Arthur Agee and William Gates were fourteen years old
when a part time recruit read more
Let It Ride
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 15, 2014
Let It Ride (Jacques Russo, 2006)
The story of the life
of professional snowboarder Craig Kelly.
His rise, his self recluse life from the spotlights and his tragic death in
January 20th 2003.
Mostly told with head interviews of his friends, and himself,
his career as a professional snowboar read more
Mike’s Movie Goals For the Year 2014
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 14, 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
Frances Ha
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 13, 2014
Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach, 2012)
A story that follows a New York woman (Greta Gerwig) (who doesn't really have
an apartment), apprentices for a dance company (though she's not really a
dancer), and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible
reality dwindles.
Written by di read more
Results: Mike's Movie Goals For the Year 2013
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 11, 2014
*Note: This is pretty much the post I did back more or less one year ago. Titles visited are marked.*
For those who have been here a while you sure all know
that I’ve been obsessively rambling about a particular list of films I’m
targeting to complete. Since this list evolves fro read more
The Bling Ring
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 10, 2014
The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola, 2013)
Based on true events
that occurred in California, many homes of stars were perpetrated by a group of
young adults that were stealing personal effects, clothes, shoes, jewelries,
watches, etc.
Staring Israel
Broussard, Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga, Claire J read more
Before Midnight
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 9, 2014
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) Nine years after the conclusion of Before Sunset, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) are a couple and parents to twin girls conceived when they got together for the second time. Jesse is also struggling to maintain his relationship with his teen read more
Don Jon
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 8, 2014
Don Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013)
Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a modern day
Don Juan, with a short list of things he cares about: "my body, my pad, my
ride, my family, my church, my boys, my girls, my porn". Although he has
an active sex life with women he meets at nightclubs, he loo read more
American Hustle
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 7, 2014
American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013)
With his more recent successes, David O. Russell has had a
hype over everyone of his last films like The
Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook,
and lately American Hustle. While not
being great films, they are quite enjoyable and present a solid cast.
Now read more
Shoah
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 6, 2014
Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985)
This 1985 French
documentary about the Holocaust has a tremendous lenght of more than nine hours
long. Spanned on many years, its director Claude
Lanzmann interviewed refugees, people of Poland, ex-Nazis, Jews, and many
notable actors of the worst extermination of hu read more
Top Films of 2012
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 30, 2013
My Top 10
Films of 2012
With a year of delay and so many films still to catch up, here’s my
first gist at my Top 10 films of 2012.
1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. Argo
3. Django Unchained
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
5. Magic Mike
6. Silver Linings Playbook
7. Bones Brigade : An Auto read more
Top Films of 2011
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 29, 2013
1. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
2. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
3. Shame (Steve McQueen)
4. The Muppets (James Bobin)5. The Ides of March (George Clooney)
6. Super 8 (J.J. Abrams)
7. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
8. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (Steven Spielberg)
9. read more
River of No Return (1954)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 27, 2013
River of No Return (Otto Preminger, 1954)
After doing time in
jail for murdering a man in defence of another one, Matt Carkner (Robert Mitchum) takes his son Mark (Tommy Rettig) and wants to live with
him in the country of hunting, fishing , and cultivating. The woman, Kay Weston
(Marilyn Monroe) read more
A Christmas Story
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 25, 2013
A Christmas Story (Bob Clark, 1983)
Ralphie
has to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun
really is the perfect gift for the 1940s.
Of course
when I grew up I used to shoot with my family’s B.B. gun in the backyard of my
grandparents country house. My bro read more
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 24, 2013
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Jeremiah Chechik, 1989)
Clark Griswold (Chevy
Chase) is an upper middle class father of two teenagers Audrey (Juliette Lewis) and Russ (John Galecki) and he wants to throw a
classic Holiday just like when he was 10 years old back in 1959 with his read more
Home Alone
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 22, 2013
Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990)
Kevin McCallister (Macauley Culkin) is an eight-year-old
boy that was left alone in his house when his family flies to Paris for their
Christmas vacation. In the meantime, the wet bandits, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), have planned to rob
KevinR read more
Elf
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 21, 2013
Elf (Jon Favreau, 2003)
The story is about one
of Santa's elves who learns of his true identity as a human and goes to New
York City to meet his biological father, spreading Christmas cheer in a world
of cynics as he goes.
Continuing on the contemporary resentment of most adults
about Chris read more