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The most recognized Scandinavian filmmaker of all time, Ingmar Bergman, left a myriad of wonderful films. Many of his masterpieces are ranked amongst the greatests films of Cinema. Working as well into Theater and Films, Bergman was highly influenced by Shakespeare and Strindberg. Crafted with a reg read more

Wow! February has been the biggest month ever on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Why? You should ask. You don't host any blog-a-thons, event or even a lot of new reviews. then what it is that made this month so incredible on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque? Two words or one name: François Truffaut. Born on Febru read more

Note: this a new series of reviews I'm installing on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Since I was born and raised in the Province of Québec I've decided to present and review some of the films that populate my culture and that represents the Cinema of here. The feature will be called after our license plate read more

Note: this a new series of reviews I'm installing on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Since I was born and raised in the Province of Québec I've decided to present and review some of the films that populate my culture and that represents the Cinema of here. The feature will be called after our license plate read more

Never forget where you come from. This is the subject of this new feature on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Having already begun with Denys Arcand's most respected work Le déclin de l'empire américain and another little gem he has directed in the 1970's Gina. This series of reviews will highlight and pres read more

Note: this a new series of reviews I'm installing on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Since I was born and raised in the Province of Québec I've decided to present and review some of the films that populate my culture and that represents the Cinema of here. The feature will be called after our license plate read more

This master of contemplative Cinema, divide film lovers in his admirers and haters. The naysayers will rightly say that his films are dull and slow paced even more than Carl Th. Dreyer. However, he is knowed for his Science-fiction masterpieces Solaris (1972) and Stalker. His style is a perfect read more

Nominees My Take & Results Best Picture The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse The Winner: The Artist My Prediction: The Artist My Vote: The Tree of Life Best Actor Demian Bichir, A Bette read more

Note: this a new series of reviews I'm installing on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Since I was born and raised in the Province of Québec I've decided to present and review some of the films that populate my culture and that represents the Cinema of here. The feature will be called after our license plate read more

Nominees My Take & Results Best Picture The Artist  The Descendants Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close  The Help Hugo  Midnight in Paris  Moneyball  The Tree of Life  War Horse  The Winner: My Prediction: The ArtistMy Vote: The Tree of Life read more

Note: this review is a translation of my original review of the movie I've seen in Theaters in late 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 read more

1. Ran (1985) 2. Seven Samurai (1954) 3. Red Beard (1965) 4. Rashomon (1950) 5. Ikiru (1952) 6. The Bad Sleep Well (1960) 7. High and Low (1963) 8. Drunken Angel (1948) 9. Sanjuro (1962) 10. Yojimbo (1961) 11. Dersu Uzala (1975) 12. Kagemusha (1980) 13. Stray Dog (1949) 14. Throne of Blood read more

Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) The definition of vertigo is a sensation of dizziness or abnormal motion resulting from a disorder of the sense of balance. In Alfred Hitchcock's picture, Vertigo is translated as John "Scottie" Ferguson's (James Stewart) fear of heights. Scottie was a police d read more

Daisies aka Sedmikráski (Vera Chytilová, 1966) This Czech film, banished by the government when it came out, might be one of the most interesting experimental feminist farce I've ever seen. It is about two girls, Marie I and Marie II and they decided that in this world of conventions, routine, read more

Originally authored by Rianna over at Frankly, My Dear, I've decided to take the time to make this meme. It gives me a break from trying to figure how to watch all the Oscar nominated picture of the year... 1. Favorite Disney. This is a tricky question, because I really love classic Disney films. B read more

1. Rear Window (1954) 2. North by Northwest (1959) 3. Psycho (1960) 4. Vertigo (1958) 5. Shadow of A Doubt (1943) 6. The Birds (1963) 7. Notorious (1946) 8. The 39 Steps (1935) 9. The Lady Vanishes (1938) 10. Rebecca (1940) 11. Rope (1948) 12. Suspicion (1941) 13. Saboteur (1942) 14. Strangers On A read more

Best Motion Picture nominee The Artist Presented for the first time at Cannes' film festival, many observers noticed that this uncompromised Silent Film would have a long reach within the movie goers of this world. Shot in the aspect ratio of the time it represents, 1.33:1 also known as the "A read more

Super 8 (J.J. Abrams, 2011) Of the many blockbusters released year after year, many have a great debt towards Steven Spielberg's summer classics of Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park, etc. Spielberg, being the producer of the latest J.J. Abrams fi read more

Peer recognition in blogging is one thing everyone secretly digs. The great fellow Barry P. from the amazing blog Cinematic Catharsis just nominated Le Mot du Cinephiliaque for a Liebster Blog award. As I am accepting this great honor I list five other blogs that deserve much more praise, even more read more

La nuit américaine aka Day For Night (François Truffaut, 1973) In this love letter to the seventh Art by one of its greatest lovers of all time, François Truffaut, the Cinema, the making of, the world in front and behind the camera is exposed like a porn star in a XXX feature. Truffaut wants to read more