Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on July 7, 2010

Quelques réflexions sur 28 Days Later de Danny Boyle Il est très ironique de constater que c’est «l’insouciance » des jeunes activistes qui voulurent libérer des chimpanzés d’un laboratoire ou l’on expérimentait un virus mortel qui fut la cause de la contagion trai   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on July 6, 2010

TSPDT Greatest Films #335 The Thief of Bagdad (Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan, 1940)This Technicolor entertainment of 1940 has everything to satisify viewers of any generation. I think Disney understood that when they made Aladdin. The plot is pretty much the same and the action is set in   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on July 5, 2010

25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002) This film split critics on two sides, some loved it others hated it. I didn't knew what to think about it for a while aftger seing it. At first , I thought I would have liked it, but to me the message of the film...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on July 4, 2010

Lat den ratte komma in aka Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)With great expectations I bought Let The Right One In. Shortly after that I watch it with a little stress of liking it or hating it: when there's a big hype about a film I often avoid...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on July 3, 2010

The Mummy (Karl Freund, 1932)One of the best grossing movie genre is the Horror that always been popular and still is today. With more movies made and with many budgets and different levels of quality, Horror has been one of the most inventive genre in Cinema. Especially when you look...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on July 1, 2010

TSPDT Greatest Films #251 Germania anno zero aka Germany Year Zero (Roberto Rossellini, 1948)With his Roma, citta aperta, Roberto Rossellini invented the Italian Neorealism. It was not a film genre but more like a current or a different approach to filmmaking. Rossellini wanted to tell "real" stor   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 30, 2010

Redcliff (John Woo, 2008) ReviewThis two piece epic by one of the best director of the Asian continent is a wonderful visual achievement. The epic genre, if it can be considered as a genre, has been redefined many times and mostly because of the CGI effects and because of the...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 29, 2010

TSPDT Greatest Films #194 It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)As far as I am concerned, the best comedies ever written are the ones the 1930's offered to us. An excellent example of this is the Academy Award winner of 1934's for Best Director, Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 28, 2010

TSPDT Greatest Films #284 Nuit et brouillard (Alain Resnais, 1955)The 32 minutes documentary on the jew's mass extermination by the troops of the Third Reich, directed by the French master Alain Resnais with the music of George Delerue is one of the most powerful films ever made.A simplistic narrati   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 26, 2010

Cinephiles who voted for John Cassavetes: Jeffrey M. Anderson Phil Concannon Iain Stott Lists: FilmJournal MovieMaker   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 26, 2010

Cinephiles who voted for Ingmar Bergman: Phil Concannon Ed Howard Jonathan Nadeau Michaël Parent Iain Stott Lists: The Cinematheque Digital Dreamdoor Entertainment Weekly FilmJournal MovieMaker nighthawknews Sight & Sound 2002 Poll (directors) They Shoot Pictures Don't They? Tota   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 26, 2010

Cinephiles who voted for Alfred Hitchcock:Jeffrey M. AndersonPhil ConcannonEd HowardJonathan NadeauMichaël ParentLists:The CinemathequeDigital DreamdoorEntertainment WeeklyFilmJournalMovieMakernighthawknewsSight & Sound 2002 Poll (critics)Sight & Sound 2002 Poll (directors)They Sh   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 26, 2010

Cinephiles who voted for Orson Welles:Jeffrey M. AndersonPhil ConcannonEd HowardJonathan NadeauMichaël ParentLists:The CinemathequeDigital DreamdoorEntertainment WeeklyFilmJournalMovieMakernighthawknewsSight & Sound 2002 Poll (critics)Sight & Sound 2002 Poll (directors)They Shoo   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 25, 2010

As promised, here are the results of the six lists submitted and the compilation of many lists established by many references in Cinema.Without any surprise the top 2 entries are Hitch and Welles, It comes interesting with the third place; Kurosawa, who is the only filmmaker that stands on every...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 24, 2010

I am currently compiling all your entries!I'd like to thank everyone who sent a list! It was really appreciated and it's always very interesting to see all of your picks!Wonder who's in first place? Throwdown your predictions!Michaël   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 24, 2010

Iain StottThe One-Line Reviewhttp://1linereview.blogspot.com/Without apology, I present a decidedly subjective but nevertheless reverent list of great film-makers whose influence can be seen in the best of today's art house cinema. 1. Ozu Yasujiro 2. Ingmar Bergman 3. Terence Davies 4. Mike Leigh 5.   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 24, 2010

Jonathan Nadeau 1. Charles Chaplin 2. Alfred Hitchcock 3. Akira Kurosawa 4. Orson Welles 5. Ingmar Bergman 6. Jean-Luc Godard 7. Steven Spielberg 8. Fritz Lang 9. Stanley Kubrick 10. Martin Scorcese 11. Francis Ford Coppola 12. Federico Felini 13. Sergio Leone 14. Alejandro J   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 24, 2010

Jeffrey M. AndersonCombustible Celluloidhttp://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/1. Orson Welles2. Alfred Hitchcock3. John Ford4. John Cassavetes5. Ernst Lubitsch6. Akira Kurosawa7. D.W. Griffith8. Sergio Leone9. Jean Renoir10. Charlie Chaplin11. Nicholas Ray12. Howard Hawks13. Sergei Eisenstein14. Stan   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 24, 2010

Here's my contribution to your "most influential directors" poll. It's a great idea and I can't wait to see how the final list comes out.Philip ConcannonPhil on Filmwww.philonfilm.blogspot.com1 - Alfred Hitchcock2 - Akira Kurosawa3 - Sergei Eisenstein4 - John Ford5 - Walt Disney6 - Stanley Kubrick7   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 24, 2010

Ed Howard Only the Cinema http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/1. Jean-Luc Godard2. Alfred Hitchcock3. Howard Hawks4. Orson Welles5. Jean Renoir6. Stan Brakhage7. Robert Altman8. Jean Vigo9. Eric Rohmer10. Ingmar Bergman11. Werner Herzog12. Stanley Kubrick13. Akira Kurosawa14. F.W. Murnau15. Rainer   read more