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Ju Dou
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 13, 2013
Ju Dou (Zhang Yimou and Yan Fengliang, 1990)
Shot in a bright Technicolor in 1990. You read right, it was shot in this old process by Zhang Yimou and Yan Fengliang. It is the tragic story of the old man (Li Wei) who owns a cloth dyer place and has bought himself a wife called Ju Dou (Gong Li), well read more
Céline and Julie Go Boating
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 12, 2013
Céline and Julie Go Boating aka Céline et Julie vont en bateau (Jacques Rivette, 1974) This 193 minutes film about two women in Paris living in a total debonnaire attitude reflects the liberty and improvisation that the movie represents. This is an experience of playful and free cinema that few gre read more
My Year in Music – 2012
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 12, 2013
Without any other purpose than exposing my personal Top 25 albums of 2012 I post this incomplete roundup of the albums that I liked the best in the past year. I’ve been making this list since a couple of years and if you are interested here’s the list for 2011,
1. &nb read more
Tokyo Story
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 11, 2013
Tokyo Story aka Tokyo Monogatari (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
Topping the recent Directors list of the Sight and Sound 2012 poll, Yasujiro Ozu’s, the most Japanese of all Japanese directors, Tokyo Story is another amazing depiction of his understanding of human relationships, representing the evoluti read more
Morocco
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 8, 2013
Morocco (Josef Von Sternberg, 1930)
Often considered as the peak of the Josef Von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich collaboration, Morocco is perhaps one of the most important films of the 1930’s. The so-called peak of the duo of actress director fueled by their love relationship is in this crit read more
The Phantom Carriage
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 7, 2013
The Phantom Carriage aka Körkarlen (Victor Sjöström, 1921) This article is part of a series of self- imposed movie reviews set in the participation of this film critic to the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Club. It is an attempt at catching up the reviews that I’ve missed in my recen read more
The Fog (1980)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 6, 2013
The Fog (John Carpenter, 1980)
As a foreword, I would like to mention that Kevin J. Olson is doing a director retrospective over at his blog Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies of all the films of John Carpenter and I suggest that you go and have a read at his thoughtful essays and observations of Car read more
Night of the Demon
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 5, 2013
Night of the Demon aka Curse of the Demon (Jacques Tourneur, 1957)
This British cult film named by Martin Scorsese as the 11th most frightening film of all time is a superb black and white example of the mastery of Jacques Tourneur filming Horror films with his porper aesthetics and polyvalence. Ha read more
The Night of the Hunter
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 1, 2013
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
This article is part of a series ofself- imposed movie reviews set in the participation of this film critic to the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Club. It is an attempt at catching up the reviews that I’ve missed in my recent period of read more
M (1930)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 1, 2013
M (Fritz Lang, 1930)
This article is part of a series of self- imposed movie reviews set in the participation of this film critic to the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Club. It is an attempt at catching up the reviews that I’ve missed in my recent period of inactivity in the blogosph read more
Jurassic Park
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 28, 2013
Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
This article is a part of a series of imposed movie reviews in the participation of this films critic to the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Club. It is an attempt at catching up the reviews that I’ve missed in my recent period of inactivity in t read more
Mike's Movie Goals For 2013 - Update
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 27, 2013
End of Febuary update.
With the recent Oscars, I find myself revigorated with a new thirst for watching films and blogging about them. I know that I've been pretty absent here and that my posting has been sparsed. Well, for the few out there who cared, I was starting a new job and as time a read more
Argo
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 23, 2013
Argo (Ben Affleck, 2012)
A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.
As History goes the common people like you and me are more and more aware of international issues around the world with the read more
85th Oscars Predictions
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 23, 2013
by Olly Moss as seen on tdylf.com, Click on the Image for Higher Resolution
As I'm taking the time to post my mandatory Oscar Predictions I have to confess that I was not very active on this Blog since the debut of 2013. Let's take the Oscars Predictions and get a big push into 2013 movies and fil read more
10 Years
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 19, 2013
10 Years (Jamie Linden, 2011)
The 10 year reunion of a group of friends from High School is the setting of this one night story with an ensemble cast of Channing Tatum, Justin Long, Kate Mara, Chris Pratt, Rosario Dawson, Max Minghella, and many others. This plot line resumes well the movie t read more
Intouchables
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 18, 2013
Intouchables (Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, 2011)
A seriously handicaped rich man (François Cluzet) seeks for an aidant, but the task is very hard and even if it is well paid the number of people who occupied the position is huge. This goes on until he meets a young black man (Omar Sy) from a read more
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 29, 2013
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, 2012) In the Bathtub, somewhere in Louisiana, we discover the little six year old girl Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) and her father Wink (Dwight Henry). They live together in the bayou full of waste, dirt, and trash. With the openning shot we understand th read more
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 23, 2013
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
One year after the huge success of the War satire of M*A*S*H, director Robert Altman revisits another classic Hollywood movie genre with great results. More than forty years after its release, McCabe & Mrs. Miller still stands as o read more
Silver Linings Playbook
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 13, 2013
Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell, 2012)
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
Taking more ser read more
A Woman Under the Influence
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 9, 2013
A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974) For Roger Ebert and many other serious film critics, A Woman Under the Influence is its director’s (John Cassavetes) masterpiece. The later, considered as the pioneer of American Independent movies and the father of Cinéma vérité read more