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Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009) First of all, I must say that I am not a fan or an enthousiast of the Franchise. I may have seen one of the films when I was 12 or so and I don't remember which one it was. It was the one where they go through the center of the universe to find God... Well, the whole read more

Wes ANDERSON One of the most original filmmakers of today. His films feel fresh as the French New Wave and his stories are touching and always entertaining. He follows a line with many recurring themes and regular actors and he totally created his own world. His The Royal Tenenbaums was a revelat read more

This wonderful banner announces want we all have been waiting for: the return of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Club. It will now be hosted by the nice folk at FilmSquish and will get back on his feet with the first entry ever of the book: Le voyage dans la Lune by Georges Méliès. The read more

TSPDT Greatest Films #912 Bend of the River (Anthony Mann, 1952) Another amazing collaboration between James Stewart and Anthony Mann. A Western that made me think a lot about the themes exploited in The Far Country by the same Director/actor duo. The two films feel like if they were made at the s read more

In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008) After a job that tragically ended, two hitmen, Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brandan Gleeson) must stay quiet in a little Belgian town called Bruges. Starting slowly and sometimes off-balance, the plot just get richer and richer as long as the story and the charact read more

TSPDT Greatest Films #836 La collectionneuse (Eric Rohmer. 1967)  The fourth part of Rohmer's Six Moral Tales is one of the most sublime film ever made. The story is very simple. Adrien is about to realize his most profound dream: open an Art gallery. But before actually do it he takes vacatio read more

Welcome to the first Poll of LMdC (Le Mot du Cinephiliaque), the voting machine up left is asking you a simple question: What period of film reviews would you like to read more about on LMdC? Lately I've been reviewing random films that I am watching, like a film diary. I've decided to include the read more

House aka Hausu (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977) A little late for Halloween but who cares... House is still a must see film a day you are seing it doesn't really care... It ain't no Christmas movie and that's for sure. College is over for the summer and the girls are happy to go on vacation. But Gorge read more

Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper, 1982) The storyline is very usual, a cute American family is haunted by ghosts and the hauntings become more and more violent each time. From a story by Steven Spielberg and directed by horror mastercafter Tobe Hooper Poltergeist is one of the cult Horror films of Cinema. read more

TSPDT Greatest Films #907 The Far Country (Anthony Mann, 1954) "James Stewart and Walter Brennan are Jeff Webster and Ben Tatum, a loner and his sidekick, who figure to get rich quick by selling a herd of cattle at a fancy price in this tale set in the wild gold rush days of Dawson." The colour read more

True Grit (Henry Hathaway, 1969) Famously known has the only film John Wayne has won an Oscar in his entire career, True Grit. A revenge story of a young woman (Kim Darby) who wants to kill the man responsible for the death of her father. But, she is a financial record keeper, and moreover, a woma read more

Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968) A Sci-Fi classic, remade in 2001 by one of the most cherished American directors, Tim Burton. However, the original Planet of the Apes, proves once again my theory that remakes are useless even from directors I respect; as for Tim Burton and Gus van read more

The Sentinel (Michael Winner, 1977) Widely inspired from Horror hits like The Exorcist, Freaks, and Rosemary's Baby, Michael Winner's The Sentinel presents the story of a young mannequin who takes a new apartment in New York City. At night she encounters weird things from her neighborhood. Her nei read more

TSPDT Greatest Films #974 Éloge de l'amour (Jean-Luc Godard, 2001) Yes another Godard film reviewed at Le Mot du Cinephiliaque! Since the late 1950's Jean-Luc Godard has always made original, uncompromized, and dense films. As you can see with the series of reviews on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque ab read more

Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988) Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg has been one of the most surprising and interesting directors of his generation. At the beginning of his career he made horror oriented movies like Shivers, Rabid, and The Brood. In the 80's, he invented a genre: body-horro read more

My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988) Besides citing the same points I've already shared about Miyazaki's films I will recommend my review on Howl's Moving Castle. Well, to sum up quickly, my arguments were that Miyazaki has a near saturated palette of colours and that his unique universe tr read more

Three Kings (David O. Russell, 1999) A film can be described by its advertisement: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze. Here you have the main characters of your movie, a war satire on the Koweit liberation from the power of Saddam's Irak.  Quickly the story that was a read more

Aliens (James Cameron, 1986) I may as well, be one of James Cameron's furiest detractors, I must admit that I had some fun way back watching True Lies and the first two Terminators. I should also say that I've never imposed to myself the torture of Titanic and Avatar, yet. I know, as a cinephile read more

TSPDT Greatest Films #110 King Kong (Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933) Shadily and unecessary remade in 2005, the story of King Kong transcends time. It represents America on many levels. Like the lecture by Quentin Tarantino in the infamous scene of Inglourious Basterds. Where he read more

Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001) Seing a film that has a big aura cult around it always has two inclinations. First, you have the urge to finally watch a film that has so much praise and love. You hear and read so much about that you are already sure to see a nice picture. Cult films, have this read more