After seeing HIGH TENSION, I can only think that the French have not had the exposure to Hollywood slasher films that we here in the United States have enjoyed. Why else would writers Gregory Levasseur and Alexandre Aja, who also directed, subject their audience to every one of the genres clichés from PSYCHO to Freddie?… Read More »
DISTRICT B13
There will be no film cooler than DISTRICT B13 released between now and Labor Day, and by the end of this particular season, I would not be surprised if it doesn’t turn out to be THE coolest film of the summer. It starts at a fever pitch of rushing adrenalin and from there goes into… Read More »
LA VIE EN ROSE (LA MOME)
Edith Piaf was no ordinary singer. She lived live at a fever pitch, driven by demons from her horrific childhood, and cruel twists of fate that together drove her to an early grave. No ordinary bio-pic would do to capture the essence of what Piaf was, rather than what happened to whom and when. And… Read More »
MICMACS (MICMACS A TIRE-LARIGOT)
There are many ways to depict evil on screen. Many ways to show not just the evil itself, but the subtler malfunctions of the soul that make a person evil. In MICMACS, Jean-Pierre Jeunet (AMELIE), has chosen to parse it with shrimp. Specifically, the way the two arms dealers of the story attack the crustaceans… Read More »
COCO CHANEL AND IGOR STRAVINSKY
COCO CHANEL AND IGOR STRAVINSKY is a lush yet curiously lifeless retelling of the affair between the eponymous duo. Each was the driving force behind a redefinition of art in the 20th century, she fashion, he music. Each was unswerving in following a inner muse that led them to unexplored country. The film about the… Read More »
CHESS PLAYER, THE
Connoisseurs of first-rate filmmaking, silent or talking, should drop everything and find Raymond Bernard’s THE CHESS PLAYER. This French classic from 1927 has been newly released on video and DVD by Milestone, purveyor of some of the finest films ever made. The time is 1776 during the Russian occupation of Poland. While that may seem… Read More »
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