Showing posts with label Jeanne Moreau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeanne Moreau. Show all posts
Sunday, 7 August 2022
Saturday, 21 May 2022
Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau as Le Sphinx in a 1954 adaptation of La Machine infernale by Jean Cocteau ph. Therese Le Prat
Thursday, 12 May 2022
Querelle (1982)
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A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality.
From memory: Fassbinder's last movie is a deliberately nefarious study of homoerotic sensibilities. a quite accurate adaptation of Genet's novel and a sum of the director's artistry: slow-paced, atmospheric, technically brilliant production design with expressionistic lighting and artificial stage settings and quite bleak.
Halliwell (no star): "Overheated fantasy which may have something to say to gays, but not much to other audiences."
Maltin BOMB: "Fassbinder's final film was rejected even by his admirers; gamy but slickly produced adaptation of Jean Genet novel induces boredom and giggles in equal measure."
Saturday, 28 August 2021
Il mio viaggio in Italia (1999)
World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.
Scorsese manages to present a both very personal and insightful history of Italian cinema, picking excellent singular films and scenes to delve more deeply into the art of these works and their relevance to cinema history in general.
Friday, 30 April 2021
Monday, 11 February 2019
La baie des anges (1963)
Jean is a clerk in a bank. His colleague Caron is a gambler and gives him the virus. In the casinos, Jean meets Jackie. Their love affair will follow their luck at the roulette.
A quiet short romance with a slight touch of decadency.
On renewed viewing: A small tale enhanced by two good performances and Nouvelle Vague style direction.
Halliwell**: "Good-looking romantic drama utilizing many of the cinema's most dazzling resources."
Maltin***: "Lesser-known but no less rewarding French New Wave drama...A vividly blonde Moreau is sensational in one of her best, least-seen performances...Shot in gorgeous b&W..."
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Saturday, 24 June 2017
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Monday, 21 September 2015
Sunday, 24 May 2015
Une Femme est une femme (1961)
A French striptease artist is desperate to become a mother, but when her
reluctant boyfriend suggests his best friend to impregnate her, feelings
become complicated when she accepts.
Sunday, 26 April 2015
La Notte (1961)
On the set: Jeanne Moreau, Michelangelo Antonioni & #Monica Vitti
(ph: AlfaCastaldi)
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