Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 22, 2014

Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967) This cult classic staring Lee Marvin as Walker a man seeking for revenge against the organization that owes him money and that has a scheme that Walker will try to erase. The film is the produce of Marvin and director John Boorman agreeing on the...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 21, 2014

Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron, 2013) The film is set during a fictitious Shuttle Explorer's STS-157 mission. Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a medical engineer on her first space shuttle mission aboard the Space Shuttle Explorer. She is accompanied by veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney)   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 20, 2014

The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, 1945) The film recounts the life of an alcoholic New York writer, Don Birnam (Ray Milland), over the last half of a six-year period, and in particular on a weekend alcoholic binge. Preparing for a weekend away, Don and his brother Wick (Philip Terry), Don...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 17, 2014

Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994) Following the High School path of two young African-American Basketball prospects from the surroundings of Chicago we discover more than just their dedication to their sport. Arthur Agee and William Gates were fourteen years old when a part time recruiter ap   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 15, 2014

Let It Ride (Jacques Russo, 2006) The story of the life of professional snowboarder Craig Kelly. His rise, his self recluse life from the spotlights and his tragic death in January 20th 2003. Mostly told with head interviews of his friends, and himself, his career as a professional snowboar   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 14, 2014

Last year when I made my resolutions for 2013 I pretty much made a list of films that were films I wanted to watch in priority and some blindspot directors. Just look at my original post here. During the year, I modified those goals and I got circling around the...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 13, 2014

Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach, 2012) A story that follows a New York woman (Greta Gerwig) (who doesn't really have an apartment), apprentices for a dance company (though she's not really a dancer), and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Written by di   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 11, 2014

*Note: This is pretty much the post I did back more or less one year ago. Titles visited are marked.* For those who have been here a while you sure all know that I’ve been obsessively rambling about a particular list of films I’m targeting to complete. Since this list...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 10, 2014

The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola, 2013) Based on true events that occurred in California, many homes of stars were perpetrated by a group of young adults that were stealing personal effects, clothes, shoes, jewelries, watches, etc. Staring Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga, Claire J   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 9, 2014

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) Nine years after the conclusion of Before Sunset, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) are a couple and parents to twin girls conceived when they got together for the second time. Jesse is also struggling to maintain his relationship with his teen   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 8, 2014

Don Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013) Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a modern day Don Juan, with a short list of things he cares about: "my body, my pad, my ride, my family, my church, my boys, my girls, my porn". Although he has an active sex life with women he...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 7, 2014

American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013) With his more recent successes, David O. Russell has had a hype over everyone of his last films like The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, and lately American Hustle. While not being great films, they are quite enjoyable and present a solid cast. Now   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on January 6, 2014

Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985) This 1985 French documentary about the Holocaust has a tremendous lenght of more than nine hours long. Spanned on many years, its director Claude Lanzmann interviewed refugees, people of Poland, ex-Nazis, Jews, and many notable actors of the worst extermination of hu   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 30, 2013

My Top 10 Films of 2012 With a year of delay and so many films still to catch up, here’s my first gist at my Top 10 films of 2012. 1. Moonrise Kingdom 2. Argo 3. Django Unchained 4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 5. Magic Mike 6. Silver...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 29, 2013

1. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick) 2. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi) 3. Shame (Steve McQueen) 4. The Muppets (James Bobin)5. The Ides of March (George Clooney) 6. Super 8 (J.J. Abrams) 7. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius) 8. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (Steven Spielberg) 9.   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 27, 2013

River of No Return (Otto Preminger, 1954) After doing time in jail for murdering a man in defence of another one, Matt Carkner (Robert Mitchum) takes his son Mark (Tommy Rettig) and wants to live with him in the country of hunting, fishing , and cultivating. The woman, Kay Weston...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 25, 2013

A Christmas Story (Bob Clark, 1983) Ralphie has to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940s. Of course when I grew up I used to shoot with my family’s B.B. gun in the backyard of my...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 24, 2013

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Jeremiah Chechik, 1989) Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) is an upper middle class father of two teenagers Audrey (Juliette Lewis) and Russ (John Galecki) and he wants to throw a classic Holiday just like when he was 10 years old back in 1959 with his enti   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 22, 2013

Home Alone (Chris Columbus, 1990) Kevin McCallister (Macauley Culkin) is an eight-year-old boy that was left alone in his house when his family flies to Paris for their Christmas vacation. In the meantime, the wet bandits, Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), have planned to rob Kevin&#82   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on December 21, 2013

Elf (Jon Favreau, 2003) The story is about one of Santa's elves who learns of his true identity as a human and goes to New York City to meet his biological father, spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics as he goes. Continuing on the contemporary resentment of most...   read more