Tag Archives: French cinema

after the class wars (Film: Les neiges du Kilimandjaro – Robert Guédiguian, 2011)

Posted on December 26, 2012 by admin

The 20th century is over and the class wars also seem to be over, or at lease gone through a gradual but radical transformation. Communism may be dead in its Soviet variance, but the unions fights seem to have brought … Continue reading →

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… and the rest is NOT silence (Film: The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)

Posted on December 1, 2012 by admin

The Artist is a good and entertaining film, and it may deserve the handful of Oscar prizes that it received. I missed it in the theaters, then I bought the DVD when I was in Paris, and it’s only now … Continue reading →

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Rehearsal for The Artist (Film – OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus – Michel Hazanavicius, 2009)

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin

I am yet to see The Artist, the film that conquered the Academy preferences and received the Oscar for the Best Film, as well as the Best Actor award for Jean Dujardin. I had recorded however about one year ago … Continue reading →

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From Comics to Comic Action (Film: Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec – Luc Besson, 2010)

Posted on July 13, 2012 by admin

My unusual relationship with films inspired by comics continues to develop, as for various reasons I have seen a lot of these in the last few weeks. I picked Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec this week at the end of … Continue reading →

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bridging the differences in the comic register (Film: Intouchables – France, 2011)

Posted on June 2, 2012 by admin

In the year when The Artist dominated the Oscars and achieved international success and recognition, it was a very different kind of a film that dominated the French box office. This film is ‘Intouchables’ and the one of good reasons … Continue reading →

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Theater in Time of War (Film: Le Dernier Metro – Truffaut, 1980)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by admin

‘Le Dernier Metro’ is one of the last films Truffaut made, and I believe was the last that premiered during his life time. His period of innovating and revolutionizing the French cinema, breaking conventions and pushing ahead a new way … Continue reading →

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Cartea de Film: Michel Marie – Noul Val Francez

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin

Cu trei-patru ani in urma cinematecile si festivalurile de film din intreaga lume au celebrat jumatate de secol de la aparitia pe scena cinematografiei franceze si internationale a fenomenului numit Noul Val Francez – o generatie de creatori in mare … Continue reading →

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Film: Un long dimanche de fiançailles (Audrey Tautou, 2004)

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

‘Amelie’ is one of my preferred movies of all times. It brought to my attention the fabulous actress who is Audrey Tautou and also director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. To a large extent ‘Un long dimanche de fiancailles’ plays on the same … Continue reading →

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Film: Le Chat du Rabbin (Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfarr – 2011)

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin

Joann Sfar is the director of Gainsbourg, Une Vie Heroique, a film that I loved immensely, one of the best I have seen lately. I was not astonished to learn that his Jewish origins are doubled by some Belgian identity, … Continue reading →

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Film: ‘Gainsbourg (Vie heroique)’ (Joann Sfar, 2010)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by admin

Where does this amazing film come from? Who is Joann Sfar, a director I never heard about before? The easiest answer at hand was the wikipedia entry which tells us that Sfar is a well known comics author in the … Continue reading →

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