Month: October 2018

It is films that, in a plan, manage to stand as a major work, either by their visual quality, by a symbolism felt, or by a mastery of the tools of cinema. The Frankenstein of James Whale is, and the writer-director has paid the luxury to repeat the feat with the very successful “the Invisible […]

After the excellent Dracula directed by Tod Browning, we continue this retrospective UNIVERSAL MONSTERS (our retrospective: HERE) with a film regarded as one of the most important of the series, as its sequel. Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, is a film in which the cultural heritage is impressive as it is cited in the later […]

After the two masterpieces that are Dracula and Frankenstein, both made by exceptional artists, we are continuing this retrospective of the series UNIVERSAL MONSTERS (our retrospective: HERE) with The Mummy. If the film of Karl Freund is certainly less well-known and iconic as the previous, it has helped to popularize the figure of the mummy […]

The new film from Ang Lee, filmmaker, globetrotter at the filmography unlikely (Hulk, Brokeback Mountain, crouching Tiger, hidden Dragon…), continues the study of cults, beliefs and morals in the u.s. started twenty years ago with the Ice Storm (1997). In A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BILLY LYNN, Lee presents a portrait without concession of […]

The January 25, 2017, re-release in cinemas by the distributor Carlotta, of the 8 films of Kurosawa. – The More Worthily ★★★☆☆ (our review) – A wonderful Sunday ★★★★☆ (our review) – The Angel Drunk ★★★★★ (our critique) – Mad Dog ★★★★★ – Live ★★★☆☆ – The hidden fortress ★★★★★ (our critique) – Yojimbo (DVD […]

In the Paris flooded in 1910, a monster spreads panic. Hunted relentlessly by the formidable prefect Maynott, it is still not found… And if the best hiding place was under the spotlight of “The Rare Bird”, a cabaret where singer Lucille, the star of Montmartre, the well-tempered character ? Author’s Note [rating:7/10] • Release Date […]

We looked forward to the latest film by Pascal Chaumeil, director of the jubilant The Arnacœur, already with Romain Duris. Michel Blanc, who plays Gardot the sportsbook at the origin of the conversion of James, has written screenplay and dialogues of A LITTLE JOB from the eponymous novel by Iain Levinson. The tone wants to […]