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The One-Line Review Presents (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) .. Jacques Rivette Chimes at Midnight (1965) .. Orson Welles Gertrud (1964) .. Carl Theodor Dreyer Early Summer (1951) .. Yasujiro Ozu Sans Soleil (1983) .. Chris Marker Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) .. Bela Tarr The Green Ray (1986) .. Eric Rohmer Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (1946) .. Sergei M. Eisenstein The Mother and the Whore (1973) .. Jean Eustache The...
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ArchitectureChicago PLUS (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
About a week ago, Cecil Adams The Straight Dope Chicago tackled why so few movies were filmed in Chicago during the reign of Richard J. Daley in the 60's and 70's. Adams cited the then Chicago mayor's antipathy to how productions such as the popular The Untouchables television series reinforced Al Capone gangster stereotypes. Still a few films slipped by, most prominently Haskell Wexler's extraordinary...
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Moon in the Gutter (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Recently I had the chance to watch and write on a terrific new modern noir starring Tom Sizemore and Sasha Alexander called The Last Lullaby . This incredibly effective film is the first feature from a very talented young filmmaker named Jeffrey Goodman. Jeffrey has been gracious enough to take part in this Question and Answer session for Moon in the Gutter that I hope everyone will read and enjoy....
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La Palme d’Or,
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Takeshi Kitano,
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
Pyjamas, delightful dinners, some cod philosophy and plenty of ennui . . . there's nothing like a French gangster movie If there's a single scene that perfectly captures the essence of the French gangster movie, it's the one that occurs halfway through Jacques Becker's 1954 classic Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Don't Touch the Loot). Harassed on all sides by the police, and out of favour with his gamier...
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Film Forno (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
Wednesday night Jacques Becker’s Casque D’Or will screen at The Aero Theater in Santa Monica. Check it out , a great film by the maker of Le Trou and Touchez Pas Le Grisbi. One time assistant to the God of Filmmakers Jean Renoir.
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Hollywood gets its groove on as the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre travels back several decades in the history of Los Angeles with its "Riot on the Sunset Strip, Vol. II: Slight Return (to 1966)" retrospective.
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DVD Times (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
DVD Video Review: Jean-Pierre Melville gives Belmondo a fedora and trench coat as the director begins his pronounced shift into the world of detached gangsters. The Criterion DVD is reviewed here by clydefro.
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ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
"10 YEARS OF RIALTO PICTURES." (1949-2000. NOT RATED. THE CRITERION COLLECTION. $149.95. 10 DISCS.) read more
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FILMdetail (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma have compiled a list of the 100 greatest films of all time. It is published this month in an illustrated book and was put together by 76 French film directors, critics and industry executives. Here are the 100 films: Citizen Kane - Orson Welles The Night of the Hunter - Charles Laughton The Rules of [...]
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Francis Ford Coppola,
Fritz Lang,
Gene Kelly,
Georg Wilhelm Pabst,
Ingmar Bergman,
Jean Eustache,
Jean-Luc Godard,
Jean Renoir,
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Max Ophüls,
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Satyajit Ray,
Stanley Donen,
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Lost in the Frame (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Jeanne Moreau, Jean Gabin, Dora Doll, René Dary, and Vittorio Sanipoli (barely visible at right) in Touchez pas au grisbi (dir. Jacques Becker, 1954). Marilyn Buferd. René Dary. The title means "hands off the loot," and that's a pretty accurate summary of the story: two aging gangsters attempt to protect the "grisbi" they've recently acquired in the climactic heist...
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GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
"Starting with the bleak contours of the period preceding the German Occupation and its aftermath's anxious confusion to the stylish rebellion of the New Wave and today's slicker psychological studies, French film directors like Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Becker, Jean-Luc...
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Ferdy on Films, etc. (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Douce (1943) Director: Claude Autant-Lara Screenwriters: Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost By Marilyn Ferdinand One of my favorite directors is Bertrand Tavernier. I haven't come anywhere near to seeing all his films, but I’ve tried to take advantage of every...
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anonymous (Free subscription) | 12/31/2007
From 2007 encounters, some of the film, books, art, blogs, etc. that linger in my own mind:
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