Thursday, June 03, 2010

May 2010





Film du mois



Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942)

















Top Ten



1. Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942)
2. Love in the Afternoon (Billy Wilder, 1957)
3. Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008)
4. Papillon (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1973)
5. Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges, 1955)
6. Kanal (Andrzej Wajda, 1956)
7. Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)
8. An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990)
9. Arise My Love (Mitchell Leisen, 1940)
10. Le Destin Fabuleux De Désirée Clary (Sacha Guitry, 1941)




Découvertes


25 découvertes.


Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924) - B
Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton & John G. Blystone, 1923) - B
Arise My Love (Mitchell Leisen, 1940) - C+
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Clint Eastwood, 1997) - D-
Love in the Afternoon (Billy Wilder, 1957) - A
Glory (Edward Zwick, 1989) - D
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934) - C-
Green Card (Peter Weir, 1990) - D
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (Mitchell Leisen, 1936) - D
Stardust Memories (Woody Allen, 1980) - C-
The Sand Pebbles (Robert Wise, 1966) - C
Le Destin Fabuleux De Désirée Clary (Sacha Guitry, 1941) - C
Kanal (Andrzej Wajda, 1956) - B
Cattle Queen of Montana (Allan Dwan, 1954) - C-
Passion (Allan Dwan, 1954) - C
Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges, 1955) - B
Factotum (Bent Hamer, 2005) - E
Papillon (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1973) - B+
Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942) - A
Aurora de esperanza (Antonio Sau Olite, 1937) - C-
An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990) - B
Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004) - D
Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006) - D
Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008) - A
Un nommé La Rocca (Jean Becker, 1962) - D-



Films revus



Scarlett Street (Fritz Lang, 1945) - B+
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) - B
Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944) - A
Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950) - A+++
Angel Face (Otto Preminger, 1952) - B-
The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963) - A
Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) - A



Frivolities


Surprise : Le Destin Fabuleux De Désirée Clary (Sacha Guitry, 1941), Random Harvest (Mervyn LeRoy, 1942), Still Walking - Aruitemo aruitemo (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008), An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990), Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges, 1955)

Disappointment : Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Clint Eastwood, 1997), la bande originale anachronique sur le dvd Kino Sherlock Jr., Factotum (Bent Hamer, 2005), The Big Broadcast of 1937 (Mitchell Leisen, 1936), Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)


The Olivia de Havilland Award : Charlotte Rampling (Stardust Memories) & Greer Garson (Random Harvest)
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The Kirk Douglas Award : Buster Keaton (Sherlock Jr.)
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The Lionel "Mr. Potter" Barrymore Award : Le Troisième Reich (Kanaal)
Runner-up : Robert Ryan (Bad Day At The Black Rock) et l'administration pénitentiaire française dans Papillon



Top 5 Répliques


1. Ariane Chavasse: Working on a new case?
Claude Chavasse: A client from Brussels. His wife ran away to Paris with the chauffeur. I have to find them; the husband wants his car back.
(Audrey Hepburn et Maurice Chevalier, Love In The Afternoon)

2. Father Jacinto: "This is my first execution."
Tom Martin: "Don't worry, Father, it's mine too."
(Ray Milland, Arise My Love)

3. Oh, let me tell you, you're not the missionary type, you'd never last (Woody Allen, Stardust Memories)

4. SANDY "What was that? What was that?"
DORRIE "Hey, that's so pretty. A pigeon!"
SANDY "Geez...no, it's not pretty at all. They're...they're...they're rats with wings."
DORRIE "They're wonderful. No! It's probably a good omen. It'll bring us good luck."
SANDY "No...no, get it out of here. It's probably one of those killer pigeons."
DORRIE "No, get something for it to eat. We can coax it down! What are you doing? Hey, wait!"
SANDY "You see, it's got a swastika under its wings."
DORRIE "It's wonderful. Not that.
SANDY "I just...I just want to guide it out of the apartment. Geez. I don't want a winged thing in my house."
(Stardust Memories)

5. Reno Smith: I don't know! Somebody's always looking for something in this part of the West. To the historian it's the Old West, to the book writer it's the Wild West, to the businessman it's the Undeveloped West -- they say we're all poor and backward, and I guess we are, we don't even have enough water. But to us, this place is *our* West, and I wish they'd leave us alone! (Robert Ryan, Bad Day At Black Rock)

BONUS : A WOMAN IN THE AUDIENCE "A lot of people have accused you of being narcissistic."
SANDY "No, I know people think that I'm egotistical and narcissistic, but it's not true. I, as a matter of fact, if I did identify with a Greek mythological character, it would not be Narcissus."
ANOTHER MAN IN THE AUDIENCE "Who would be?"
SANDY "Zeus."
(Stardust Memories)



Livre Cinéma du Mois

Niet.


Rating : Alphabet

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

April In Paris 2010

Film du mois

The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)

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Top Ten


1. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
2. To Each His Own (Mitchell Leisen, 1946)
3. A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (Charlie Chaplin, 1923)
4. Hold Back The Dawn (Mitchell Leisen, 1941)
5. Three Came Home (Jean Negulesco, 1950)
6. The Thief of Bagdad (Raoul Walsh, 1924)
7. Die Blechtrommel - Le Tambour (Volker Schlöndorff, 1978)
8. Bananas (Woody Allen, 1971)
9. Milou en Mai (Louis Malle, 1990)
10. Il Vedovo (Dino Risi, 1959)



Découvertes


24 découvertes.


The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2009) - C+
September (Woody Allen, 1987) - C
The Thief of Bagdad (Raoul Walsh, 1924) - B+
Grief in Bagdad (Benjamin Stoloff, 1925) - B
To Each His Own (Mitchell Leisen, 1946) - A
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, William Keighley, 1938) - C
Philadelphia (Jonathan Demme, 1993) - D+
The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) - A
Un Dimanche à la Campagne (Bertrand Tavernier, 1984) - C+
Hold Back The Dawn (Mitchell Leisen, 1941) - B-
Hands Across The Table (Mitchell Leisen, 1935) - B-
The Thief of Bagdad (Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, Willaim Cameron Menzies, 1940) - C+
The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969) - B-
Hondo (John Farrow, 1953) - C-
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (Charlie Chaplin, 1923) - B
Three Came Home (Jean Negulesco, 1950) - B
Il Vedovo (Dino Risi, 1959) - C+
Bananas (Woody Allen, 1971) - C+
Hangmen Also Die! (Fritz Lang, 1943) - C+
Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984) - C+
Open Range (Kevin Costner, 2005) - D+
Die Blechtrommel - Le Tambour (Volker Schlöndorff, 1978) - B
The Man Who Wasn't There (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, 2001) - C
Milou en Mai (Louis Malle, 1990) - C+


Films revus


Rawhide (Henry Hathaway, 1951) - B+
Scarface (Howard Hawks, 1932) - B-
Jezebel (William Wyler, 1938) - B+
Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939) - B+
Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) - B
Santa Fe Trail (Michael Curtiz, 1940) - C+



Frivolities


Surprise : Grief in Bagdad (Benjamin Stoloff, 1925), To Each His Own (Mitchell Leisen, 1946)
Disappointment : The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, William Keighley, 1938)


Babe of the Month : Olivia de Havilland (To Each His Own)
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The Cary Grant Award : John Wayne (The Searchers, 1956)


The Dark Vador Award : John Wayne (The Searchers, 1956)
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Top 5 Quotes


1. Let's go home, Debbie. (John Wayne, The Searchers)

2. That'll be the day. (John Wayne, The Searchers)

3. I once stole a pornographic book that was printed in braille. I used to rub the dirty parts. (Woody Allen, Bananas)

4. Fielding Mellish: I love you, I love you.
Nancy: Oh, say it in French! Oh, please, say it in French!
Fielding Mellish: I don't know French. What about Hebrew?
(Woody Allen, Bananas)

5. Georges Iscovescu: You've got enough money to get you back to New York. I'll find you there when I'm ready.
Anita Dixon: Thanks! You just stand right in the middle of Times Square ... and whistle!
(Charles Boyer & Paulette Goddard, Hold Back The Dawn)


Rating : ABCDE

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

March 2010

Film du mois

Man Hunt (Fritz Lang) 1941
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Top Ten


1. Man Hunt (Fritz Lang) 1941
2. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese) 1976
3. Men In War (Anthony Mann) 1957
4. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin)
5. Vanya on 42nd Street (Louis Malle) 1994
6. The Big Clock (John Farrow) 1948
7. Way Down East (D.W. Griffith) 1920
8. A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Michael Henry Wilson, Martin Scorsese) 1995
9. Death Takes A Holiday (Mitchell Leisen) 1934
10. Celebrity (Woody Allen) 1998


Découvertes

26 films.

Par ordre chronologique.

Vanya on 42nd Street (Louis Malle) 1994 - B
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies 1995 - B+
Coffee & Cigarettes (Jim Jarmush) 2003 - D
Men In War (Anthony Mann) 1957 - B+
Ministry Of Fear (Fritz Lang) 1944 - C
All The King's Men (King Hu) 1983 - D+
Mystic River (Clint Eastwood) 2003 - D+
Billy Budd (Peter Ustinov) 1962 - C
Man Hunt (Fritz Lang) 1941 - A
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese) 1976 - B+
The Ballad Of Cable Hogue (Sam Peckinpah) 1970 - C
Pittsburgh (Lewis Seiler) 1942 - C
Frenchman's Creek (Mitchell Leisen) 1944 - C
Masquerade In Mexico (Mitchell Leisen) 1945 - E
Father Was A Fullback (John M. Stahl) 1949 - C
The Indian Fighter (Andre De Toth) 1955 - C
Death Takes A Holiday (Mitchell Leisen) 1934 - C+
Babes In Toyland (Gus Meins, Charley Rogers) 1934 - E
Celebrity (Woody Allen) 1998 - C
Way Down East (D.W. Griffith) 1920 - B
The Big Clock (John Farrow) 1948 - B
City Lights (Charlie Chaplin) 1931 - B+
My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant) 1991 - D-
Copie Conforme (Jean Dreville) 1947 - C
No Country For Old Men (Coen) 2007 - D
Major Dundee (Sam Peckinpah) 1954 - C-

Films revus

Les Sept Samourais (Akira Kurosawa) 1954 - A++++++
High Sierra (Raoul Walsh) 1941 - A
It Happened One Night (Frank Capra) 1934 - B+
The Man From Laramie (Anthony Mann) 1955 - B
The Postman Always Ring Twice (Tay Garnett) 1946 - B


Frivolités

Biggest Surprise Of The Month : The Ballad Of Cable Hogue (Sam Peckinpah), Vanya on 42nd Street, Billy Budd (Peter Ustinov), Death Takes A Holiday (Mitchell Leisen), The Big Clock, Men In War,

Biggest Disappointment Of The Month : Babes In Toyland, My Own Private Idaho, No Country For Old Men, Coffee & Cigarettes


The Ingrid Bergman Award : Joan Bennett (Man Hunt, 1941)
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The Clark Gable Award : Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver, 1976)
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The Dark Vador Award : Georges Sanders, chef de la gestapo dans Man Hunt
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Notation : ABCDE

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

February 2010

Film du mois

Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam / Les SS Frappent La Nuit (Robert Siodmak) 1957

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Découvertes


Bite The Bullet (Richard Brooks) 1975 - C-
Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville) - C-
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, World (Stanley Kramer) 1963 - D-
The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni) 1975 - D
The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston) 1975 - B+
Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam / Les SS Frappent La Nuit (Robert Siodmak) 1957 - A
Le Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe (Jean Renoir) Paul Meurisse, Catherine Rouvel 1959 - D
Sometimes A Great Notion (Paul Newman) 1970 - C-
Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan) 2009 - D
The Ten Commandments (Cecil B.DeMille) 1965 - B+
L'Emmerdeur (Edouard Molinaro)1973 - C-
Charley Varrick (Don Siegel) 1973 - B-
A King In New York (Charlie Chaplin) 1957 - B-
Paisà (Roberto Rossellini) 1946 - B-
My Dinner With Andre (Louis Malle) 1981 - B+
Forty Shades Of Blue (Ira Sachs) 2005 - E
More Than A Game (Kristopher Belman) 2008 - D
Inside Daisy Clover (Robert Mulligan) 1965 - C-
Shadows & Fog (Woody Allen) 1991 - B
Intolerance (D.W. Griffith) 1916 - A
Dr. Zhivago (David Lean) 1965 - B+


Films revus

The Asphalt Jungle (John Huston) 1950 - B+
The Lovers (Tsui Hark)1994 - A+
Rio Grande (John Ford) 1950 - B
A Distant Trumpet (Raoul Walsh) 1964 - C-

Notation : ABCDE

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

30 Personal Favorites Of 2009

1. Roman Holiday (William Wyler) 1953
2. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger) 1964
3. Il Sorpaso / Le Fanfaron (Dino Risi) 1962
4. The Great Ziegfield (Robert Z.Leonard) 1936
5. Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick) 1964

6. Has Anybody Seen My Gal (Douglas Sirk) 1952
7. The Aquatic Life With Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson) 2004
8. All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk) 1955
9. Never Say Goodbye (James V.Kern) 1946
10. Spendor In The Grass (Elia Kazan) 1961

11. Monika (Ingmar Bergman) 1953
12. Jour de Fête (Jacques Tati) 1949
13. Parlons Femmes (Ettore Scola) 1964
14. The Purple Rose Of Cairo (Woody Allen) 1985
15. The Intruder (Roger Corman)1962

16. Trees Lounge (Steve Buscemi) 1996
17. The Children's Hour (William Wyler) 1961
18. Quand Passent Les Cigognes (Mikhail Kalatozov) 1958
19. Lolita (Stanley Kubrick)
20. No Highway In The Sky (Henry Koster) 1951

21. The Road To Memphis (Richard Pearce & Robert Kenner) 2003
22. Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock) 1944
23. The Foutainhead (King Vidor) 1949
24. En Compagnie De Max Linder (Trois films de sa période américaine début 20's)
25. Bonne Chance ! (Sacha Guitry) 1935

26. Le Gout De La Cerise (Abbas Kiaromasti) 1997
27. Le Vase De Sable (Yoshitaro Nomura) 1974
28. Make Way For Tomorrow (Leo McCarey) 1937
29. The Man in the White Suit (Alexander Mackendrick) 1951
30. Guess Who's Coming For Dinner (Stanley Kramer) 1967



Et pour quelques films de plus : Hatari (Howard Hawks), Man's Favorite Sport? (Howard Hawks) 1964, One Hour With You (Ernst Lubitsch) 1932, Broken Lullaby (Ernst Lubitsch) 1932 Magnificient Obsession (Douglas Sirk) 1954, No Room For The Groom (Douglas Sirk) 1952, Boomerang! (Elia Kazan) 1947, Wild River (Elia Kazan) 1960, The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock) 1956, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (Irving Reis) 1947, Footlight Parade (Lloyd Bacon) 1933, Atlantic City U.S.A (Louis Malle) 1980, The Big Combo (Joseph H.Lewis) 1955, Kiss Of Death (Henry Hathaway) 1947, Nightmare Alley (Edmund Goulding) 1947, Stormy Weather (Andrew L.Stone) 1943, Deliverance (John Boorman) 1972, Knock (Guy Lefranc) 1951, The Valley Of Decision (Tay Garnett) 1945, A Letter To Three Wives (Joseph L.Mankiewicz) 1949, Sciuscià (Vittorio De Sica) 1946, The Brink's Job (William Friedkin), Elmer Gantry (Richard Brooks) 1960, The Macomber Affair (Zoltan Korda) 1947, Judgment at Nuremberg (Stanley Kramer) 1961, The Pride of the Yankees (Sam Wood) 1942, Young Mr Lincoln (John Ford) 1939, Tin Star (Anthony Mann) 1957, A Nous La Liberté (René Clair) 1931, La Nuit Américaine (Francois Truffaut) 1973, Casino (Martin Scorsese) 1995, The Bad News Bears (Michael Richie) 1976, A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman) 2006

Monday, February 01, 2010

Top Ten, January 2010



29 films.

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1. ex aequo New York, New York (Martin Scorsese) 1977 / To Kill A Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan) 1962
3. Trust (Hal Hartley) 1990
4. The War Game (Peter Watkins) 1965
5. Monsieur Verdoux (Charlie Chaplin) 1947
6. Boys Don't Cry (Kimberley Peirce) 1999
7. The Unbelievable Truth (Hal Hartley) 1989
8. Cria Cuervos (Carlos Saura) 1976
9. Le Cimetière De La Morale (Kinji Fukusaku) 1975
10. Annie Hall (Woody Allen) 1977

Saturday, January 02, 2010

Top Ten, December 2009

23 films.


1. No Highway In The Sky (Henry Koster) 1951
2. The Brink's Job (William Friedkin) 1978
3. Melinda & Melinda (Woody Allen) 2004
4. The Great Gatsby (Jack Clayton) 1974
5. An Affair to Remember (Leo McCarey) 1957
6. Manhattan Murder Mystery (Woody Allen) 1993
7. This Earth Of Mine (Henry King) 1959
8. Semi-Pro (Kent Alterman) 2008
9. Lo Scopone Scitentifica / L'Argent de la Vieille (Luigi Comencini) 1972
10. Buffalo 66 (Vincent Gallo) 1998