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My first feature for Anomalous Material
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 10, 2012
The superb folks at Anomalous Material gave me a white card and a mic. It wouldn't be long that I would use this speaker to spread the love for movies, films, pictures, talkies. Well, call them anyway you want but I now have a new place to write and it's been pretty inspiring my dear friends. read more
A Matter of Life and Death
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 9, 2012
A Matter of Life and Death aka Stairway to Heaven (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1946)
First, a film from the 1000 Greatest Films of All-time at They Shoot Pictures, then, one of the most celebrated offering of the association of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger commonly called Th read more
Explaining Earth to Extraterrestrials Using Five Films
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 8, 2012
Film writer Sam Fragoso from Duke & the Movies has prepared an interesting blogathon this week. This is the procedurals:
“Extraterrestrial forces land on Earth. Unknowing of our planet and society, you can pick five films from the history of cinema that represent humanity. What title read more
Top Films of Brian De Palma by LMdC
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 7, 2012
1. Blow Out (1981)
2. Carrie (1976)
3. The Untouchables (1987)
4. Carlito’s Way (1993)
5. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
6. Dressed to Kill (1980)
7. Femme Fatale (2002)
8. Scarface (1983)
9. Obsession (1976)
10. Casualties of War (1989)
11. Mission Impossible (1996)
I sti read more
The Hollywood Ten
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 5, 2012
In November 1947, the 25th precisely, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy “declared” war against the REDS in the USA with the first Hollywood blacklist. This list was populated by ten writers and directors that refused to answer to the House of Committee on Un-American Activities. There we read more
Zelig
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 4, 2012
Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)
This smart imitation of the documentaries of specialized History oriented channels has everything of the clever comedies of Woody Allen and the content of his more introspective psychological dramas. With his constant obsession for Freud, Religion, Politics, and social i read more
Eat Pray Love
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 2, 2012
Eat Pray Love (Ryan Murphy, 2010)
Adapted from the best-seller written by Elizabeth Gilbert, this feel-good movie is exactly the kind of film that gives the crave to go on a trip with only the bare necessities and live like the residents of the country you are visiting. It also gives you a crave read more
Top Films of Sergio Leone by LMdC
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 30, 2012
Often regarded as one of the most succesful Western director, the ambassador of Spaghetti Westerns Sergio Leone made his mark with a unique storytelling approach and superb color cinematography. His revisionists films characterized by some critics, read here Pauline Kael, as violent even fascists, d read more
The Sight And Sound Top Ten Poll
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 27, 2012
Since I’m not really a paid Film critic by any associations or whatever organization, I wouldn’t refuse any offer by the way, I haven’t been asked to submit a list of ten films that are categorized as the greatest films of all time. However, just like any other film buff out there, read more
Shame (1968)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 26, 2012
Shame aka Skammen (Ingmar Bergman, 1968)
Through the 1950’s and 1960’s, Ingmar Bergman kept a pace of a film per year almost like a Woody Allen of its time. Nowadays, Allen is more of a hit or miss case with his more recent films. In the case of Bergman, it was more of a hit than a mi read more
Notes on the Cinématographe - Theories of Robert Bresson - Part I
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 25, 2012
The Cinématographe is the name that Robert Bresson gave to his work, by opposition to the Cinema, a photographed theater. It was his way in explaining the dependence of film to theater, first with the use of actors, then by their replacement with models from A Man Escaped until his final film L'Arge read more
Top Films of David Lynch by LMdC
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 23, 2012
One of the most interesting filmmakers of Cinema. His Films are amongst the most bizarre and profoundly meaningful around. Entering a Lynch movie is like going to the asylum where nothing and everything makes sense.
"Lynch uses the cinema to express non-rational energy in tangible form (visually an read more
Hopes and Expectations for Django Unchained
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 22, 2012
Ever since
the new Quentin Tarantino film have been announced, movie buffs from around the
world started to get pumped up mainly because every new Tarantino is worth the
wait and also because of the subject of the story. Borrowing the cult character
of the violent spaghetti Westerns of Sergio
Corbuc read more
La Dolce Vita
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 20, 2012
La dolce vita (Federico Fellini, 1960) Of the many monoliths of Cinema one can count Citizen Kane, Vertigo, 2001: A Space Odyssey, La règle du jeu, Tokyo Story, Seven Samurai, The Godfather (see Sight and Sound’s 2002 Top 10 http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/polls/topten/) one can easily read more
Inglourious Basterds
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 19, 2012
Note: this review is a translation of my original review of the movie I've seen in 2009. Since it was one of my first long reviews I've decided to translate it for everyone's benefit. I will do series of re-edits for the films that actually were reviewed in French in the first moments of this b read more
Peeping Tom
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 18, 2012
Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)
Famously released in the same year that Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Michael Powell’s first film without Emeric Pressburger since the 1940’s divided critics and audiences for his subject matter and the treatment of it all. After Peeping Tom, Powell read more
Top Films of Sam Raimi by LMdC
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 16, 2012
1. The Evil Dead (1982)
2. Evil Dead II (1987)
3. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
4. Spider-Man (2002)
5. Darkman (1990)
6. Drag Me To Hell (2009)
7. Army of Darkness (1992)
8. The Quick and the Dead (1995)
9. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
I still need to see: Crimewave (1985) A Simple Plan (1998) For the Love read more
Saturday Morning Music Post
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 14, 2012
John K. Samson - Provincial New Release!
Being a fan of Propagandhi, then The Weakerthans it is needless to point out that the solo career of singer/writer/guitarist John K. Samson would interest me very much. The quirky cheesyness of the aforementioned The Weakerthans isn't really promine read more
NHL Playoffs time or the post about the good’old Hockey game movies
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 12, 2012
When spring comes in Québec it doesn’t signify Baseball, Soccer, or Basketball. It means the NHL playoffs! With the Montréal Canadiens out of the playoffs (frankly my dear I hate the Habs) many people don’t know who to cheer for in the French Canadian area. Since I am waiting for the Qué read more
The 7x7 Link Award Meme
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Apr 5, 2012
I've been nominated twice for this award lately Bonjour Tristesse and John from The Droid You're Looking For were very kind to list me. Here it goes:
The Rules:1. Tell everyone something that no one else knows about you.2. Link to a post I think fits the following read more