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Koyaanisqatsi
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 21, 2013
Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1982)
Life out of balance is the translation proposed by the film from the title of the first chapter of the Qatsi trilogy.The shooting of the images began in 1975 and from time to time and with the new funding from IRE, director Godfrey Reggio and cinematographer Ron read more
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 19, 2013
Dawn of the Dead (Zombi) (George A. Romero, 1978)
Let’s go to the mall said Robin Sparkles, but here it is a question of survival that our four protagonists escape by helicopter and land on a mall in Pennsylvania. Two SWAT members Peter (Ken Foree) and Roger (Scott Reiniger), an helicop read more
Mighty Aphrodite
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 18, 2013
Mighty Aphrodite (Woody Allen, 1995)
There are those directors that do nothing for you as a person and there are those who are a big deal for you because you can connect with them at a level that only a few are able to do. Amongst the vast variety of directors and filmmakers out there, Woody Allen read more
Rosemary’s Baby
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 17, 2013
Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.
One of the most popular Hor read more
The Palm Beach Story
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 16, 2013
The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)
A couple in financial trouble decides to split apart so that the wife (Claudette Colbert) could find a wealthy new husband that could help her ex-husband (Joel McCrea) to get his company take off and make a profit.
This other comedy by Preston Sturges read more
Histoire(s) du Cinéma
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 14, 2013
Histoire(s) du Cinéma (Jean-Luc Godard) This unique series of documentaries on the history or histor(ies), is a play on the fact that there are more than one history to tell a fact or a manifestation that happened. Godard began his career as a film critic, then a film director, an auteur, a philoso read more
A Good Day to Die Hard
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 11, 2013
A Good Day to Die Hard (John Moore, 2013)
The first instalment of this franchise, Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis as New York policeman John McClane visiting his family for Christmas and getting struck in the Takami building in an hostage takeover by terrorists was original, fresh, a brilliant homa read more
Broadway Danny Rose
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 9, 2013
Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen, 1984)
In my illness that is cinephilia I have to admit to have more than one vice. But the most vile of them all is the fact that I am a completist. I like to watch all the movies a director has made all along his career. Even if it is as expansive as Alfred Hitchc read more
Hour of the Wolf
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 7, 2013
Hour of the Wolf (Ingmar Bergman, 1968)
When one gets into art house cinema masters, it is mandatory to step into Ingmar Bergman’s territory. With such landmarks as The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, The Virgin Spring, Cries and Whispers, Persona, and Fanny and Alexander just to name a few. read more
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 5, 2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chboski, 2012)
After having issues in mid school, Charlie (Logan Lerman) is having problems making friends as a freshman. Reserved and mostly silent, he gets along with his English teacher Mr. Anderson (Paul Rudd), who becomes his guide or older advice. Unti read more
The Sacrifice (Offret)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 4, 2013
The Sacrifice (Offret) (Andreï Tarkovsky, 1986) The final film of Andreï Tarkovsky, Offret is his most obvious attempt at making a film like his idol : Ingmar Bergman. The comparison with the Swedish master will be aborded later in this review, but that fact diluate the value of the work of read more
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Oct 2, 2013
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (Preston Sturges, 1944)
Of all the comedies from writer-director Preston Sturges, The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek might be one of the most appreciated. Maybe for its irreverent satire or the sheer fun this movie is all about. But the thing that hooked me was read more
Harold and Maude
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 30, 2013
Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
Harold (Bud Cort) is a twenty something son a of a wealthy socialite woman (Vivian Pickles) who wants him to become someone and be more like her. He is just doing the exact opposite and simulates his death by multiple simulated suicides. He even regularly attends read more
The Devils
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 27, 2013
The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
Banned in many countries and rated X in others, Ken Russell’s telling of Urbain Grandier’s (Oliver Reed) priest life and trial is an unforgettable film. Depicting a sexually repressed head nun, sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave) masturbating and dreaming of read more
Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 25, 2013
Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba) (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964)
Presenting the Cuban revolution with the angle of the Soviet propaganda films, Mikhail Kalatozov’s filmmaking techniques overlays on its actual subject and shadows his storytelling. The sumptuous and extraordinary tracking shots of this visual ma read more
The China Syndrome
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 23, 2013
The China Syndrome (James Bridges, 1979)
Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda) is a television reporter put on jobs about hot air balloons and carnavalesque info for the channel 3. It is clear in her boss’s mind that her looks and beautiful face goth er the job. But she knows she can do deep subject re read more
Top Films of Edgar Wright by LMdC
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 20, 2013
Top Films of Edgar Wright
1. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
2. Hot Fuzz (2007)
3. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
I still haven’t seen : A Fistful of Fingers (1994) The World’ read more
Alice (1990)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 18, 2013
Alice (Woody Allen, 1990)
Blending the telling of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Tale, and Federico Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits, Woody Allen’s Alice starring Mia Farrow is often overlooked compared to his Crimes and Misdemeanors of 1989 read more
Now You See Me
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 17, 2013
Now You See Me (Louis Leterrier, 2013)
Still today, most of us are sceptic cynics and we want to know how a trick is done and we always try to see the strings that demonstrate how it works. I am one of those pricks. However, a part from us still wants to believe or be fooled or tricked. A well exec read more
Le Sang des bêtes (Blood of the Beasts)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Sep 16, 2013
Le Sang des bêtes (Blood of the Beasts) (Georges Franju, 1949) This short film directed by French filmmaker Georges Franju is one of the most beautifully shot black and white surrealist pictures while coldly explaining the slaughter of horses, cattle, and sheeps. Wandering around the sla read more