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Nazarin
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 13, 2015
Nazarin
(Luis Bunuel, 1959)
Nazarin is a priest,
attempting to living a pure and honest life strictly according to Christian
principles - but others only show him distrust and hatred, apart from the local
prostitute...
Of Luis
Bunuel’s Mexican period many major films have earned their reco read more
Whiplash
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 11, 2015
Whiplash
(Damien Chazelle, 2014)
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music
conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who
will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
It is
important to immediately inform you the reader that before we get int read more
Yeah, I'm A Freak: Or Here's the List of Recent Films I Want to Catch Up
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 10, 2015
Yeah, I'm A Freak: Or
Here's the List of Recent Films I Want to Catch Up
Please visit They Shoot Pictures Don't They?
One of my
many obsessions is to complete lists. And another of my obsessive behavior is
to collect everything. Going to a thrift shop near my day job has been a near
religious exp read more
Birdman : Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Mar 9, 2015
Birdman : Or (The
Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro Gonzalez
Inarritu, 2014)
A washed-up actor, who
once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his
family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of his
Broadway play.
Strong from
it read more
Chef
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 27, 2015
Chef (Jon
Favreau, 2014)
A chef who loses his
restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative
promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
After a
series of big budget blockbusters (Elf,
Zathura, Iron Man, Cowboys Vs. Aliens)
actor/director Jon Favreau di read more
First impressions of the new sitcom The Odd Couple
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 27, 2015
After being kicked out
of their houses by their wives, two friends try to share an apartment, but
their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.
Based on the
play of the same title, The Odd Couple
popularized on the big screen by Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon is now read more
Rafales
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 25, 2015
Rafales (André Melançon, 1990) On Christmas eve a journalist (Denis Bouchard) witnesses a theft in a mall and later tracks one of the thieves (Marcel Leboeuf) and ends up being taken as his hostage at the radio station he works for. Populated with the constant sound of the wind blowing during read more
Top Films of David Cronenberg by LMdC
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 23, 2015
1. Videodrome
2. A History of Violence
3. Crash
4. Scanners
5. Naked Lunch
6. The Fly
7. Dead
Ringers
8. Eastern Promises
9. eXistenZ
10. Spider
Films
Unseen : Stereo, Crimes of the Future, Shivers,
Rabids, Fast Company, The Brood, The Dead Zone, M. Butterfly, A Dangerous
Method, Cos read more
Room 237
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 20, 2015
Room 237
(Rodney Ascher, 2012)
An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).
Dedicated to
the many possible meanings of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece The Shining, Room 237 is narrated by many fans, enthusiasts of the film and its
director read more
Jour de Fête
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 18, 2015
Jour de Fête (Jacques Tati, 1949) Once a year the fair comes for one day to the little town 'Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre'. All inhabiters are scoffing at Francois (Jacques Tati), the postman, what he seems not to recognize. The first feature length film by actor/director Jacques Tati is also the onl read more
A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 12, 2015
A Midsummer Night’s Sex
Comedy (Woody Allen, 1982)
A wacky inventor and his
wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in
the 1900s countryside.
With a series
of masterpieces like Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Stardust Memories in the late 1970’s and ea read more
The Naked Spur
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 6, 2015
The Naked Spur
(Anthony Mann, 1953)
A bounty hunter trying
to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two
less-than-trustworthy strangers.
Famously
being the third movie that united star actor James Stewart to director Anthony
Mann, The Naked Spur holds a sweet
spot read more
Firestarter
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Feb 4, 2015
Firestarter (Mark L. Lester, 1984)
Adapted from Stephen
King’s novel of the same title, Firestarter
stars a young Drew Barrymore as the
little Charlie who has a special gift of putting fire just by the power of her
mind. Her father Andy (David Keith)
and her mother Vicky (Heather Locklear) read more
Catching on 2014 Music : Old Man Gloom – The Ape of God (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 29, 2015
Old Man Gloom – The Ape of God (2014)
The super
group that is Old Man Gloom consisting of Aaron Turner on guitar and vocals (Isis), Nate Newton also on guitar and
vocals (Converge, Doomriders), Caleb Scofield on bass and
vocals (Cave In, Zozobra), and drummer Santos Motano.
With the release read more
Catching on 2014 Music : Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 29, 2015
Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen (2014)
This late
2014 release from the Irish outfit Primordial was an awaited album that is the
obvious continuity of their discography. First, there’s no surprise here and no
shift in their music. This is the same formula of long songs, stron read more
Catching on 2014 Music : Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 28, 2015
Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire (2014)
As an metalhead since almost twenty years I am often asked by
people what is the heaviest band in the world. If I had a dollar each time
people have asked me the same question I could only do things I like and not
work anymore. Seriously, the comm read more
Music Review : Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper (2015)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 28, 2015
Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper (2015)
As one of mymost expected albums of 2015 and one of the earliest releases of the year, Panda Bear aka Noah
Lennox, hits the target and meets the expectations. While his main project, Animal Collective has found a pinnacle
with Stra read more
Catching on 2014 Music : Indian – From All Purity (2014)
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Jan 28, 2015
Indian – From All Purity (2014)
Blackened
Doom metal masters, Indian have released though Relapse
a very engaging record that blends mostly doom with sonorities and ambiances of
Black Metal. However, both genres/labels don’t seem to be obvious for a mix.
Indian plays their own music an read more
Most Expected Films of 2015
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 22, 2014
After my list
of most expected albums for the New Year, I was more or less forced to make a
short list of the films that will be out in 2015 that may deserve my interest.
Feel free to
comment and challenge those picks since they are arbitrary chosen from a wider
list of releases.
Mad Max : read more
The Most Expected Albums of 2015
Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on Dec 18, 2014
The Most Expected Albums
of 2015
With my recent post on the Best Albums of 2014 I’ve wrapped
up 2014 for music. Now let’s have a look at
what is coming and what are the most expected albums of 2015.
Panda Bear
Meets The Grim Reaper – January 12
Being honest wit read more