The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
By Dan Callahan "I'm not an apparition," insists Delphine Seyrig in Truffaut's Stolen Kisses (1968), "I'm a woman." While we would like to give her the benefit of the doubt, there can be no denying that Seyrig is the most ghostly of actresses, haunting her own movies with a druggy, dazed quality over which she placed a severe intellectual patina. Something as simple as a different...
cbosleeds | 29/10/2009
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Simon King's written outpourings (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Recently, cinema has become one of my main passions. I'm gradually becoming more of a cinephile, but I'm still not all the way there, so this list is far from complete or definite. This list, I must make clear, is a personal selection from what I've encountered and what I've liked the most. Other directors I will be looking into this year are Ingmar Bergman, Tarkovsky, Jean Renoir, Sam Fuller, Eisenstein,...
The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
France Feature Film Original Title: Le crime de Monsieur Lange Director: Jean Renoir Writers: Jean Renoir, Jacques Prévert, Jean Castanyer Cinematographer: Jean Bachelet Composers: Joseph Kosma, Jean Wiener Cast: René Lefèvre, Florelle, Jules Berry, Marcel Lévesque, Odette Talazac, Henri Guisol, Maurice Baquet, J.B. Brunius A workers cooperative revives a flagging publishing...
The London Handbag Shopping Centre (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Swoon. Is it just me, or was last night’s episode GREAT ? All in one hour of television, we got a crazy Tyra Banks cameo, the return of the “I’m Chuck Bass” line, references to Heart of Darkness , Jean Renoir’s World War II…
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
by Ryland Walker Knight I'd planned on letting that last widget post lapse past the page, but, well, this early AM I got excited about some more recommendations from my daily dials. The coding on the widget is a little wonky, but, still, I'm updating it. Here goes. Most immediate would be that I just finished watching Criterion's Renoir box set of films from the 1950s, Stage and Spectacle , and I cannot...
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
by Ryland Walker Knight — Where do you heal? Where could he be? Elena and her men [Jean Renoir, 1956] It's Ingrid's show, no doubt, but I was more taken by the sly Mel Ferrer and his lanky-limber rogue. That said, it's a fine metaphor for the star system, and Ingrid's go-anywhere constitution; she's great at aloof twined with cunning. Renoir says he had to improvise the whole thing, for the most...
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
by Ryland Walker Knight —Money talks Ashes of Time Redux [WKW, 1994/2008] Started this a couple nights prior but was gladly interrupted by two fun-loving phone calls. Started over, fitting WKW, and felt the slow-mo, loss-hardened fronts enough; the fights were fun flurries of blur and I dig the literal adventure of perception with "the good" Tony Leung, but I get why, um, certain friends...
The Computers Blog (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
By Kitty Patton Look below if you came to see motion picture reviews. If you want to download these movies do some searches to find what is out there. Film download searches will include "Online Movies Tv", "Best Movie Downloads", and "Burn DVDs". The Good Humor Man: Wide dry comedy in reference to ice cream dealer Cars On, who runs into a crime syndacate. Cast includes...
Some Came Running (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
Some might argue that films maudit don't get much more maudit than Jean Renoir's very strange 1947 The Woman on the Beach, his last Hollywood film. Joan Bennett (that's her above) in the title role gives the film a peculiarly...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
lucubration \loo-kyoo-BRAY-shun; loo-kuh-\, noun: The act of studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition. Lucubration comes from Latin lucubratus, past participle of lucubrare, "to work by night, composed at night (as by candlelight)," ultimately connected...
Vinyl Is Heavy (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
by Ryland Walker Knight —Enter the void. Nickelodeon [Peter Bogdanovich, 1976] Before I fell asleep I was enjoying this goofy run-on sentence of an homage. It's got the right tone, even if, Barry Lyndon aside, I often feel Ryan O'Neal is a rather tone-deaf performer. I probably won't make an extreme effort to see the second hour. Le Pont du Nord [Jacques Rivette, 1981] I've been watching this...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 29/08/2009
Nothing is more exciting than other peoples troubles They make life bearable Synopsis Jean Renoir tells a trio of semi-comedic stories: an elderly homeless couple (Nino Formicola and Milly) find...
Cup Of Joe Powell (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
As Lt. Aldo Raine, Brad Pitt southern-drawls his commands, telling his squad he ain't very happy he had to leave his home in the Smoky Mountains to fight these dirty Nazis - and when directly questioned about where his home is , he proudly declares "Maynardville". As in East Tennessee. I'm certain this is the first ever film reference to the town of Maynardville - and it was director Quentin...
look back in anger (Free subscription) | 16/08/2009
after seeing jean renoir's silent film version of the novel, 'nana' i happily dove right into another one of his beautiful films. this one also starred his wife at the time, catherine hessling. in contrast to the riches of nana's life in paris, this time the heroine is a poor country girl. during the course of 1925's 'whirlpool of fate', translated from 'la fille de l'eau' (water girl') catherine flees...
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cbosleeds | 29/10/2009
Retro Sofas are Uk suppliers of stylish Italian leather sofas and armchairs in period designs such as the iconic Jean Renoir sofa and armchair range. Our sofas are designed in the styles of the Art Deco period and the 60s and 70s and make a perfect addition to any home living room, boardroom or office. Delivery is available throughout the UK. When looking for the right peice of furniture for your home,...
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