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Merry Christmas!
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 25, 2011
I wish you all a Happy Christmas full of joy and great times with your family and friends!
Let's hope Santa brought you many great presents (DVDs, books on Cinema, memorabilias, etc.) to pump you up!
I invite you to share in the comments what Santa has brought to you!
Merry Christmas!
- Michaël read more
Fanny and Alexander
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 24, 2011
Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)
When Bergman announced this film he also said to whoever wanted to hear that it was gonna be his final directing job. History told us that he made some movies after this 1982 picture. However, Fanny and Alexander seems like the perfect testament from one o read more
Rio Grande
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 23, 2011
Rio Grande (John Ford, 1950)
Of the cavalry trilogy made by John Ford and John Wayne together, Rio Grande (the other two films being She Wore A Yellow Ribbon and Fort Apache) might be the deepest in meanings and one of Ford's most beautiful black and white pictures.
Rio Grande depicts family valu read more
450th post!
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 22, 2011
New Milestone! 450th post on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque since August 2009. Since I started this blog it was going to be a place where I would discuss and rambled about Films, Cinema, directors, and everything related to it. Well, now it is mostly about movie reviews and a place where I can write some i read more
The Seventh Seal
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 21, 2011
The Seventh Seal aka Det sjunde inseglet (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
Of the many great films directed by Ingmar Bergman The Seventh Seal is one of the most outstanding and celebrated. For those who don’t know please believe me or treat yourselves with Persona, The Virgin Spring, Wild Strawbe read more
The Right Stuff
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 20, 2011
The Right Stuff (Philip Kaufman, 1983)
Presenting the American Space program in its debuts, the first astronauts from the novel of famous author Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff is the celebration of the race with the Soviets to conquer space. Called the star war in the 1960's the film was in competition read more
Anatomie de l'enfer
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 19, 2011
Anatomie de l'enfer aka Anatomy of Hell (Catherine Breillat, 2004)
A woman hires a homosexual to pass four nights with her and to watch her when and where no one can see her. This is the summary of this 77 minutes feature adaptation of Breillat's novel Pornocratie.
Shot like a short story, this un read more
Links: 2011 in movies
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 18, 2011
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A friend of mine posted this on my Facebook wall. A great wrap up of the films of 2011. I think it influenced me, after I saw it I got out and rented some movies!
See ya tomorrow with regular reviews coming up! read more
The Last Detail
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 16, 2011
The Last Detail (Hal Ashby, 1973)
The life and career of director Hal Ashby as been tainted by his temper and his much notorious drug addiction and his prematured death of a cancer in 1988. In the 1970's, the decade he did his strongest efforts Ashby wasn't recognized as one of the proemi read more
AFI's Top ten movies of 2011
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 16, 2011
AFI (Amercian Film Institute) has release its Top 10 of the best films of 2011. In my opinion there are many doubtful choices but since they are the "reference" I will try to understand those choices... Well, it's probably the most grossing pictures and the few artistic ones they couldn't pass read more
Scenes from a Marriage
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 15, 2011
Scenes from a Marriage aka Scener ur ett äktenskap (Ingmar Bergman, 1973) In my quest of seing the 1000 Greatest Films of the website They Shoot Pictures Don't They? I had the oppportunity to watch many films listed on this reference list. While in the process, that isn't done yet I'm only at numbe read more
Cries and Whispers
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 14, 2011
Cries and Whispers aka Viskningar och rop (Ingmar Bergman, 1972)
When someone thinks about the great Ingmar Bergman many will list his work from the mid-fifties to the late sixties (1957-1966) as his masterpiece period. This person couldn't be more wrong, this director's great work g read more
Persona
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 13, 2011
Persona (Ingmar Bergman, 1966)
Considering my eternal admiration towards the great master that is Ingmar Bergman, I've decided to treat myself with this review of his most experimental film: Persona. Frankly, my "fanophilia" isn't the main reason why I decided to review this extraordinary mast read more
Das Boot
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 12, 2011
Das Boot aka The Boat (Wolfgan Petersen, 1981)
Before I start I want to make clear that this review is about the TV version of this feature that has been release in three different format: the Theatrical release, the Director's Cut aka TV version, and the mini-series. This viewing was a part of my read more
Mea Culpa or the review that should have been
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 7, 2011
As the final day of the Seven Days of Nouvelle vague I was supposed to review Jacques Rivette’s Céline et Julie vont en bateau aka Celine and Julie go Boating. But time got me and I wasn’t able to watch the film in entirely and afterwards to review it. It might seems a little disorganize read more
Last Year at Marienbad
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 6, 2011
L'année dernière à Marienbad aka Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961) This post is a part of the Seven Days of the French New Wave going on this Blog. But since Resnais wasn't a "member" of the "vague" I have to categorize him as an outsider that often been mistaken as a French New Waver read more
Seven Days of French New Wave Day 6
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 6, 2011
Links!Robert Bresson's films:Les anges du péchéBonjour TristesseLes dames du bois de BoulogneBonjour Tristesse Journal d'un curé de campagneOnly the CinemaBonjour TristesseUn condamné à mort s'est échappéOnly the CinemaBonjour Tristesse PickpocketBonjour Tristesse Le procès de Jeanne d'ArcBonjour read more
Journal d'un curé de campagne
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 6, 2011
Journal d'un curé de campagne aka Diary of A Country Priest (Robert Bresson, 1951) A difficult film at first because of the thin thin story told and the lean and unappealing visual treatment of it all. However very influential to many spirituality tormented directors like Andrei Tarkovosky and Mart read more
Seven Days of French New Wave Day 5
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 5, 2011
Hey folks! Now it's time for Links and reference! This is the Claude Chabrol day of the fifth instalment of this series. Since I did not had the time to watch and fully review Chabrol's work I will guide you with the best reviews about his films.
First, let's all have a look at Thomas Duke of Cinema read more