Tag Archives: French cinema

the most beautiful film title (film: Mourir d’aimer – André Cayatte, 1971)

Posted on March 1, 2022 by admin

More than 50 years have passed since the film ‘Mourir d’aimer‘ was made and released on screen, one of the blockbusters of French cinema in 1971. Watching or rewatching it today is a good opportunity to appreciate how approaches have … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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the last movie of Yes Montand, the last but one feature movie of Jean-Jacques Beineix – film: ‘IP5:L’île aux pachydermes’

Posted on January 28, 2022 by admin

A discovery. The disappearance of Jean-Jacques Beineix gave us the opportunity to review some of the films of this French director who leaves behind an undeservedly short filmography. His most famous films were made in the 1980’s – ‘Diva‘, ‘Betty … Continue reading →

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there is always a future (film: L’avenir – Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016)

Posted on January 21, 2022 by admin

This is one of the rare cases in which the translation of the title of a movie from the original version into English (or another language) has been extremely inspired. ‘L’avenir’, the 2016 film by director Mia Hansen-Løve, was released … Continue reading →

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galant revenge (film: Mademoiselle de Joncquières – Emmanuel Mouret, 2018)

Posted on December 30, 2021 by admin

‘Mademoiselle de Joncquières‘ (or ‘Lady J.‘ as sounds the title under which it was distributed in English, avoiding the difficulties of French spelling), the film made in 2018 by Emmanuel Mouret was a pleasant surprise. I confess that I had … Continue reading →

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