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The Ides of March (George Clooney, 2011) In my attempt to catch-up on the films of 2011 I've missed, this George Clooney picture was very high on my list. Plus it earned an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. This political drama that depicts American politics with a superb cinemat read more

2012 Oscars Nominations Of the two main categorizes (Best Motion Picture of the Year and Best Achievment in Directing) some nominations are a bit of surprise to me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close for Best Motion Picture comes almost out of nowhere since I haven't read many rave review read more

Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943) In this quest to view and review all the films mentioned in the book 1000 Movies You Must See Before You Die, there is a nice little club hosted by my good friend Squish over at Filmsquish, you can participate if you are interested or to just browse t read more

Our Idiot Brother (Jesse Peretz, 2011) This indie production featuring Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer, and many other could have been the regular stupid comedy about the stereotyped hippie with the eco-bragging about the respect of the earth and the many bold charic read more

Today is Fellini's birthday, this director often called the "Maestro" has divided cinephiles from around the world with his dream-like "mise en scène" and his fabulous imagination. The recurring themes of childhood memories, at the beach endings, his neo-realist period, and the Cinecitta productions read more

NEW The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films The seventh edition of our 21st Century list is now online, and incorporates many of 2011's critics' ballots. Unsurprisingly, Terrence Malick's Tree of Life leads the 2011 bunch.  View read more

It was probably the first director name I ever noticed when I was a kid and it was way before I become a director worshiper. My relation with Spielberg has many highs and many lows. Let me explain myself here, I love his talent as a storyteller and his vision that makes us discover something fresh a read more

Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985) Being born in the 1980's, 1983 to be exact, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) has always been one of my favourite childhood heroes. He rode a skateboard, been in the past and drove a DeLorean. The simple thought of time travel always inspired weird ideas o read more

NEW The 1,000 Greatest Films TSPDT's annual update of the 1,000 Greatest Films is now online. 49 changes to the list and for the first time Fritz Lang leads the way with 16 films. Please take a look for yourself! read more

(Reuters) - Filmmakers Woody Allen, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Alexander Payne and France's Michel Hazanavicius were nominated for Directors Guild film awards Monday -- a honor that is often a key indicator of Oscar success. Hazanavicius, 44, scored his first Directors Guild of America (DGA) n read more

 Quoting the words of one of the Film critics that inspired me to do this Blog, Kevyn Knox of The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World: "Inspired by the always charming, always enjoyable and always cinematically knowledgeable (and always alliterative, nomenclaturally speaking) Self-Styled Siren, read more

The living director I probably respect the most and the one that directed my all-time favorite movie, Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese's top film list is not an easy thing to do. With more than forty films, shorts, documentaries, concert films features, the career of this great director of 69 years read more

Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, 2002) Gangs of New York is the Martin Scorsese picture that Harvey Weinstein wanted to produce to win many Oscars and be the ultimate David O. Selznick. Weinstein wanted to produce the movie of a true Hollywood director and have full control over "his" direct read more

Horrible Bosses (Seth Gordon, 2011) Three normal or random guys (Charlie Day, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis) work for bosses that they hate. One is a drug addict and a freak (Colin Farrell), the other loves power and thinks his wife constantly cheats on him (Kevin Spacey) and the last one but n read more

One Day (Lone Scherfig, 2011) Adapted from the Best-seller of the same title, this romance that is expanding over twenty years told only on the 15 of july of each year from 1988 until 2011 is almost already castrated by its concept. Since I haven't read the original material this review is based on read more

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (Glenn Ficarra & John Requa, 2011) Lately I've been catching up on films of 2011 and I recently reviewed Friends With Benefits claiming that it probably wasn't the best comedy of the year, well Crazy, Stupid, Love. is a great containder for this category at the time I am wr read more

96-3= 93 first times so far in 2011 Here you will find the films I've seen so far this year. Some critics claim to see 800 films per year. I planned to see 200 films I've never seen before in 2010. For 2011, I wanted to keep this number and to see more films from the 1000 Greatest Films of All Time read more

Friends With Benefits (Will Gluck, 2011) From the director of the refreshing Easy A, Will Gluck directs a lesser but still entertaining film that revisits the clichés of the genre it fells into. Friends With Benefits, wants to dissect and remodel the romantic comedy in a way that wnats to be someth read more

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (Steven Spielberg, 2011) Since 1981, the year the first Indiana Jones was released, Steven Spielberg's hero has been reference to the little Belgian journalist. Spielberg who did not knew Tintin at the time bought the albums and was imme read more

Even if this blog is film oriented I've decided this year to share a little more about my other interest: music. To me, genre doesn't matter as long as it is original and honest. However, like everybody I have favorite genres like Indie rock and Metal. Don't be surprised to see some opposites on thi read more