Tag Archives: French cinema

more Cronenberg than David Cronenberg (film: Titane – Julia Ducournau, 2021)

Posted on March 11, 2022 by admin

‘Titane’, the film written and made in 2021 by Julia Ducournau is a shocking movie. While writing this sentence, I am also surprised to think if anything can still be considered shocking compared to what we see in the news … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Agathe Rousselle, French cinema, horror movies, Julia Ducourneau, sci-fi horror, science-fiction films, Titane, Vincent Lindon | Leave a comment

the right to love (film: Mal de pierres – Nicole Garcia, 2016)

Posted on March 10, 2022 by admin

Nicole Garcias is one of the French directors who excels at bringing female and feminist themes to the attention of viewers, while offering the opportunity for consistent leading roles to the actresses who appear in her films. In fact, she … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alex Brendemühl, Christophe Beaucarne, French cinema, From the Land of the Moon, Louis Garrel, Mal de pierres, Marion Cotillard, Milena Agus, Nicole Garcia, romantic drama | Leave a comment

Paris, like any other city (film: Les Olympiades – Jacques Audiard, 2021)

Posted on March 7, 2022 by admin

‘Les Olympiades‘ is the name of one of the most non-Parisian districts of Paris, a kind of dormitory district with tall buildings and standardized architecture built in the 1970s. It is also the French name for Jacques Audiard’s latest (2021) … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged French cinema, Jacques Audiard, Les Olympiades, Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, movies filmed in Paris, Noémie Merlant, Paris 13th District | Leave a comment

the godfather of heist movies and of many other (film: Du rififi chez les hommes – Jules Dassin, 1955)

Posted on February 25, 2022 by admin

Francois Truffaut called ‘Du rififi chez les hommes‘ (or simply ‘Rififi‘) the best French film noir, hastening to add that it is based on the worst French noir novel (written by August Le Breton). The film is adapted and directed … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Auguste Le Breton, Du rififi chez les hommes, film noir, French cinema, Jean Servais, Jules Dassin, Rififi, Robert Hossein | Leave a comment

late loves (film: Au plus près du paradis – Tonie Marshall, 2002)

Posted on February 23, 2022 by admin

‘Au plus pres du paradis‘ is the 2002 film by Tonie Marshall that is, in my opinion, a classic case of underrating. I will give an example. In the second scene of the film, the main heroine played by Catherine … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Agnes Godard, Au plus près du paradis, Catherine Deneuve, French cinema, Nearest to Heaven, romantic comedy, Tonie Marshall, William Hurt | Leave a comment

between naturalistic and noir thriller (film: Thérèse Raquin – Marcel Carné, 1953)

Posted on February 10, 2022 by admin

‘Thérèse Raquin‘ (1953) (English title – ‘The Adultress‘) is Marcel Carné‘s third post-Prévert film. Connoisseur film fans consider it his latest remarkable film. It was produced by the famous Hakim brothers. Even though Jacques Prévert no longer wrote his screenplays … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged film based on a novel, film noir, French cinema, Marcel Carné, SImone Signoret, Sylvie, Thérèse Raquin, thriller | Leave a comment

frozen heart (film: Un Coeur en Hiver – Claude Sautet, 1992)

Posted on February 5, 2022 by admin

What is happening on screen in Claude Sautet‘s 1992 film ‘Un coeur en hiver‘ is both very simple and very complicated. It is about an unconsumed and perhaps one-sided love story. We are left to guess what are the inner … Continue reading →

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underrated movie and film director (film: Éducation sentimentale – Alexandre Astruc, 1962)

Posted on February 3, 2022 by admin

The funniest nickname I found in the biographies of Alexandre Astruc, the director of ‘Sentimental Education’ (1962) is ‘Uncle of the New French Wave’. This characterization is based on the theoretical writings that Astruc left behind. One of the most … Continue reading →

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between style and mystery (film: Le mystère de la chambre jaune – Bruno Podalydès, 2003)

Posted on January 31, 2022 by admin

Gaston Leroux‘s ‘Le mystere de la chambre jaune‘ is one of the most famous detective novels in the locked-room whodunit genre. Agatha Christie herself considered it the masterpiece of the genre. It has had several screenings, on large and small … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Bruno Podalydès, comedy, Denis Podalydès, detective, French cinema, Gaston Leroux, Le mystère de la chambre jaune, mystery, The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Leave a comment