Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 17, 2011

Une femme mariée (Jean-Luc Godard, 1964) The 1960’s have been Jean-Luc Godard’s most productive decade. In 1964, he made La bande à part, Une femme mariée, a segment in Les plus belle escroqueries du monde, the short documentary Reportage sur Orly. As stated in many subsequent reviews o   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 16, 2011

The Killer Inside Me (Michael Winterbottom, 2010) Michael Winterbottom’s film is a raw yet beautifully vicious film. Starring soon to become superstar Casey Affleck as a mild-mannered cop of the 1950’s, the beautiful Jessica Alba as a prostitute, and Kate Hudson as the main character&#8   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 16, 2011

The Most Influentials Directors of All Time POLL returns! Last year was a blast and I received some interesting lists when I asked you to provide the Top 25 most influential directors of all time! I've decided to hit it back this year but adding more specifics: - Rank the...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 14, 2011

October (Sergei M. Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov, 1928) They Shoot Pictures Don't They? The 1000 Greatest Films #345 Of the many quests and lists I impose myself on watching many are unavoidable films. The first ever list I wanted to check'em all was Mediafilms masterpieces there were fiv   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 5, 2011

Dear fellow bloggers, I'd like to influence you to vote, even if it's not for me but for your faith in the LAMB and this community united by our passion: movies. It won't take much of your time and it's free! I even made it easier for you, click on...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 4, 2011

Made in U.S.A (Jean-Luc Godard, 1966) All you need to make a film is a girl and a gun. – Jean-Luc Godard With his Made in U.S.A, Godard has literally taken this concept and put it in his film. Anna Karina plays a woman who needs to find the murderer...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on May 3, 2011

Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969) A man is looking for America but couldn’t find it anywhere... What a plot line! Dennis Hopper’s directorial debut, Easy Rider was a big commercial success at the box office but also at Cannes. Made with only 40 000$ it grossed 60 million dollars. The...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 27, 2011

Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983) This remake of more than fifty years later of the 1932 masterpiece by Howard Hawks, directed by Brian De Palma is probably one of the most overrated pictures in the History of Cinema. Of the original film, De Palma only kept the names of the...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 26, 2011

The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951) This Science fiction classic by Robert Wise the man who directed masterpiece noir films like The Set-Up, musicals like West Side Story (co-directed with Jerome Robbins) and The Sound of Music, horror films like The Haunting and who edited Citizen K   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 25, 2011

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Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 25, 2011

Kwaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1965) This exquisite Japanese masterpiece of traditionnal ghost stories reveals the many aspects of Masaki Kobayashi's great talent as a filmmaker and also as a painter and a set dresser. Almost entirely shot inside a huge airport hangar and completly painted by Kobayashi   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 17, 2011

Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996) Based on J.G. Ballard's novel, which I haven't read, David Cronenberg's Crash depicts the changes in the lives of cinematographer James Ballard (James Spader) and his wife Catherine (Deborah Kara Unger), an open minded couple with no boundaries on fidelity. The film   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 15, 2011

Top Secret! (Jim Abraham, David & Jerry Zucker, 1984) From the creators of Airplane! comes this new comedy mixing Elvis’ movies, spy flicks, and comedy. Set in East Germany during the Cold War, Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) the American star of Rock n’Roll is invited to play at a concer   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 14, 2011

eXistenZ (David Cronenberg, 1999) Have I already said how original and unique I find David Cronenberg’s films? Well, let’s just say that as of today I consider him as one of the most important Canadian director. Forget James Cameron or Paul Haggis, have you seen his A History of Violenc   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 9, 2011

Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) From the same team who did the refreshing Shaun of the Dead, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost comes this policeman - police officer comedy. It has been a while since a duet of comedians (Pegg/Frost) has seem this united and confortable in subsequent comedies.   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 7, 2011

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones, 1983) What is the meaning of life? This theorical question stands as the unifying concept around the many scenes or scenettes of this feature film from the hilarious gang of Monty Python. Like many multi stories films the biggest challenge for the...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 6, 2011

Me and Orson Welles (Richard Linklater, 2009) Only the evocation of this title leaded me to great expectations for this film. Its director, Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, Waking Life, School of Rock) is capable of bliss but also of so-so films. The idea of a film about one of the...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 5, 2011

L'ami de mon amie (Eric Rohmer, 1987) Rohmer's films have been discussed a lot in the last year on this blog. Well, except the fact that he died earlier in 2010, I have been digging into this master's filmography. L'ami de mon amie, is a part of Rohmer's 1980's films....   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 4, 2011

Michaël PARENT Please go read my interview with Squish from Filmquish for the 1001 Movie Club! You'll learn insides and scoops about this self-proclaimed film critic, myself! Plus feel free to join the club of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die!   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on April 3, 2011

Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, 1980) I already admitted on this blog that I am a sucker for a good comedy and that it is probably my favorite of all movie genres. It was the more popular genre at the first moments of the birth of Cinema, look...   read more