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 […]
[CRITICAL] ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY (1947)
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 […]
[critical] A Monster in Paris
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 […]
[CRITICAL] A SMALL JOB ★★☆☆☆
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 […]
[CRITICAL] A BAG OF MARBLES
After Jacques Doillon in 1975, it is the turn of Christian Duguay to adapt the cult novel by Joseph Joffo, A bag of marbles. Given his filmography, including Hitler, the birth of evil , and Belle and Sebastian, the adventure continues, we can guess immediately the motivation that has been able to awaken in Duguay […]
[CRITICAL] VALÉRIAN AND THE CITY OF a THOUSAND PLANETS
Luc Besson and his major EuropaCorp come to play in the field of american blockbusters. That we approve of it or not, the formula and the tone chosen to the Blog, we greet the abundance and generosity of the artistic direction, show of force of the French savoir-faire. Luc Besson is definitely a character that […]
[CRITICAL] VALLEY OF LOVE
Guillaume Nicloux takes the party with VALLEY OF LOVE, to confront on film, two great actors of French cinema, of all generations : Depardieu and Huppert. If this fantasy film* is fully filled, but this is not the only attraction of the film. For me for example, it is above all something very personal: I […]