[CRITICAL] A LIFE

It is a divide that seems to separate LIFE and the Law of The Market, the previous film by StĂ©phane BrizĂ©. The chronic social quasi-documentary leaves room for an adaptation of the first book of the same name by guy de Maupassant, located in 1819. The occasion for the French director to get in his […]

[CRITICAL] A LIFE BETWEEN TWO OCEANS

A veteran of the First World War, Tom (Michael Fassbender), accepted a position as lighthouse keeper on a deserted island to try to forget what he has lived. He meets Isabel (Alicia Vikander), with whom he begins a beautiful love story. Their only problem is that the latter may not have children. Fortunately, the sea […]

[LIGHT 2016] DRACULA (1931)

For this fourth part of the folder UNIVERSAL MONSTERS (our retrospective: HERE), we’re going to address one of the movies that I tried the plus in the selection. The prospect of seeing the very talented american director Tod Browning, the origin of the cult Freaks, tackle the myth of Dracula promises to be a film […]

[LIGHT 2016] THE PHANTOM OF The OPERA (1925)

We continue this retrospective on the series UNIVERSAL MONSTERS (our retrospective: HERE) with the film the Phantom of The Opera, released in 1925. Following the huge public success and critical of the friendly Notre-Dame de Paris in 1923, Carl Laemmle decided, logically, to continue its momentum and product after a few months the first film […]

[LIGHT 2016] THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)

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 […]

[LIGHT 2016] FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

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 […]

[LIGHT 2016] THE MUMMY (1932)

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 […]

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