Tag: François Truffaut

We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Les Quatre Cents Coups / The 400 Blows,…

It may be neither here nor there as to how French filmmaking great, François Truffaut, shadowed some strong affections for the brash, bright actress, Isabelle…

Le livre d’images / The Image Book Jean-Luc Godard – France, Switzerland IN A NUTSHELL In this latest film (probably best described as avant-garde pose…

 So how does one determine the best of this tired old chestnut of a genre? Simply take at least one of the steps in the overused recipe and invert it, turn it upside down, inside out, or just throw it away Add some intelligent dialog relating to philosophy or metaphysics and maybe add a third party to spice-up the natural balance. Top it off with some serious social commentary and some snappy editing, even perhaps a dash of kink (critics love all three if you can swing it). Now, season with humor to taste and “Bob’s your uncle.”

What we have here are a fine set of entertainment links. Most are fairly recent, one advocates one of my favorite movies of the last…

My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…

Having recently delved into the cinematic year of wonder that is 1961, it was an easy selection to include the emotive turn from Jeanne Moreau…