Girish (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... Weerasethakul, Thailand) 2. Platform (Jia Zhang-ke, China) 3. Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke, China) 4. Beau Travail (Claire Denis, France) 5. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, Hong Kong, China) 6. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand) 7. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, Romania); and Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, Hungary). 8. Éloge de l'amour...
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Syndromes and a Century (2006) Platform (2000) Still Life (2006) Beau Travail (1999) In the Mood for Love (2000) Tropical Malady (2004) The Death of Mister Lazarescu (2005) Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) Eloge de l'Amour (2001) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) Silent Light (2007) Russian Ark (2002) The New World (2005) Blissfully Yours (2002) The Son (2002) Colossal Youth (2006) The...
Art Limited (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
, 18mn 42s ago - Appreciation quel meli melo, 2h 57mn 15s agoExcelent idea, 3h 33mn 44s ago - Appreciation Magnifique composition, 3h 40mn 43s ago - Appreciation AdmirativeSuperbe travail., 3h 48mn 55s ago - Appreciation AdmirativeTrès beau travail !, 4h 13mn 41s ago - Appreciation Superb!!, 4h 20mn 50s ago - Appreciation Excellent work!, 4h 19mn 21s ago - Appreciation Admirativewonderful...
mainlymovies (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... gone by the IMDb year listings (not US or UK release dates) for all films, which means that, say, Beau Travail is ineligible (despite being released in most countries in the year 2000), whereas White Material and A Prophet , which premiered at festivals this year, make it in. If you spot any glaring errors, let me know! Without further ado... 100. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003) 99....
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... have intuitively attributed to Denis based on the films she made before (1999's Billy Budd parable Beau travail ) and after (2002's poetic ode to a one-night stand, Vendredi soir ). And her approach to horror is very unusual and idiosyncratic, even though she does eventually deliver enough gore and viscera to sate even the most jaded Saw franchise junkie. As Andrew O'Hehir described...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Director Claire Denis -- who was born in France but raised in colonial Africa -- enjoyed a measure of art-house buzz when she leapt onto the scene in 1989 with her film Chocolat (not to be confused with the awful 2000 Johnny Depp/Juliette Binoche movie of the same name). Siskel & Ebert praised it and Denis on their show at the time. In 2000, her film Beau Travail topped the Film...
