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Being John Malkovich
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 8, 2013
Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
An unemployed puppeteer (John Cusack as Craig Schwartz) finds a job in an office that is situated between the seventh and eight floor of an old building. The ceilings are very low and the office space seems to be designed for dwarfs. Schwartz works as a fili read more
Late Saturday Morning Music Post – Steven Wilson, Bad Religion, Hatebreed, M83, Tame Impala, The Black Angels
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 6, 2013
Last year I posted few times about music but I felt that it might not be the right place to do so here on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. But the nice blogger, Chris over at Movies 365, is doing half and half movie reviews and music/album reviews. This grew in my mind and I’ve decided to take this fe read more
Mike's Movie Goals For 2013 - May Update
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 30, 2013
End of April update.
Just like every year, I get very excited about the 1000 Greatest Films list in the first months trying to complete it and advance my way into its lenghty blind spots of my cinephile knowledge.
With Roger Ebert's recent passing and my recent reading of his Great Movies bo read more
The Barefoot Contessa
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 29, 2013
The Barefoot Contessa (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1954)
Starring Ava Gardner as the contessa and Humphrey Bogart as the has been movie director, this story was known as based on Rita Hayworth’s life but as some Film historian recalled it is more probably based on Anne Chevalier’s (actress of read more
There’s Always Tomorrow
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 26, 2013
There’s Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk, 1956)
Of the many aspects of the films of Douglas Sirk’s that define his signature there’s obviously the colourful visuals, his use of few means, melodramas, plot lines scratching just enough the boundaries of moral conservatism in the Americ read more
STOKED : The Rise and Fall of Gator
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 24, 2013
STOKED : The Rise and Fall of Gator (Helen Stickler, 2002)
Following Dogtown and Z-Boys, this other documentary about the subculture of skateboarding reveals one of its darkest sides. The rise of Mark « Gator » Rogowsky as one of the most well paid Vert skater of his time; read more
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 23, 2013
Dogtown and Z-Boys (Stacy Peralta, 2001)
Just as a bunch of The Beach Boys songs reminds us, California and surfing is the real thing. The History of skateboarding has everything to owe to surfing and its invention is in most part due to a derived product from the wave riding movement. In Californi read more
Forbidden Planet
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 22, 2013
Forbidden Planet (Fred M. Wilcox, 1956) Put aside Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Forbidden Planet is hands down the most influential Sci-Fi film of all-time. Depicting for the first time human beings travelling in space in a vehicule they built and visit read more
Le Trou
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 19, 2013
Le Trou (Jacques Becker, 1960) Introduced by one of the five men who tried to escape the prison Paix la Santé in France. This is the last film of director Jacques Becker, who died shortly after finishing the filming, Le Trou, is an excellent suspense film that however reminded of Grand Illusion, Be read more
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 18, 2013
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen, 2000)
Written by Ethan and Joel Coen and directed by the latter, it is stated in the openning of the film that O Brother, Where Art Thou? is based on Homer’s Odyssey and titled just like the movie Joel McCrea’s character in Preston Sturges’ S read more
Imitation of Life (1959)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 16, 2013
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)
A woman, Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), has lost her daughter (Susie) while away at Coney Island for a day of leisure. In the meanwhile, a nice woman (Juanita Moore as Annie) took care of her along with her own daughter, Sarah-Jane. When Turner finds her daughte read more
In The Heat of the Night
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 11, 2013
In The Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967)
In a small town of Mississippi named Sparta and during a normal night, a policeman Sam Wood (Warren Oates) finds the body of the richest man in town dead and in blood. His head seems to have been smashed by an object. Passing by the same night is the read more
The Travelling Players
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 9, 2013
The Travelling Players (Theodoros Angelopoulos, 1975)
A group of theater actors are traveling in Greece to try to perform the erotic tale of Golfo. With this 230 minutes film Theodoros Angelopoulos, who was a film critic in Greece for a socialist journal, directs his third feature film that t read more
Gilda
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 8, 2013
Gilda (Charles Vidor, 1946)
Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) is an American gambler who just arrived in Argentina to have a new life. After a succesful dice game a mysterious man, named Ballin Mundson (George Macready) saves his life and Johnny says that it is his rebirth. They quickly became partners i read more
Sátántangó
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 5, 2013
Sátántangó (Béla Tarr, 1994) In a rural Hungary of post-communism of the 1990’s, a group of farmers decides to free themselves and get their annual salary together to get to a more profitable farm. Leaded by the messianic figure of Irimiás (Mihály Vig who also composed the eerie but transcend read more
RIP Roger Ebert
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 4, 2013
Words are missing me to say how much respect and admiration I had towards Ebert. An inspiration and a Great Film Critic. read more
The 2013 LAMMYs, Why Not?
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 21, 2013
After my big declaration that I won’t be participating in the LAMMYs this year, the first in my three years of eligibility. I read about the awards on the websites of my peers and I kind of got interested in the eligibility process. So this morning, I read the entire list of Blogs that are eli read more
Florida, Béla Tarr, Ice Hockey, and Chicago
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 21, 2013
Béla Tarr
What is the link between those four things one would ask? Well, it is the author of this blog. Lately, I’ve been having more time to get back to my old habits of watching films from the list I’m ever writing about on this blog. Last week, I watched Bigger Than Life, Ju Dou, read more
Bigger Than Life
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 14, 2013
Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray, 1956)
When someone as important and influential to Cinema as Jean-Luc Godard states that Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life is one of the ten most important American sound film. No matter if it wasn’t well received at its initial release one must watch it. I read more
Author Identity Crisis
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 13, 2013
Who Am I? Where am I going? What is my purpose on this planet Earth? – Mike
Well, it’s been more than three years since I’ve been active on this blog I called Le Mot du Cinephiliaque, first because I consider myself a cinephile and a maniac of films, and lately I’ve been ask read more