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23 janvier 2011
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
par KwetRéalisé par Jim Sharman, avec Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Botswick, etc...
Il y a parfois des films qui vous semblent tellement géniaux et mythiques qu’on en oublierait presque qu’il est possible que certaines personnes sur Terre n’en aient jamais entendu parler. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS pour les intimes) est de ceux-là pour moi.
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23 January 2011
Director Marina de Van on Don’t Look Back
by Abla Kandalaft
Q AND A - MARINA DE VAN : NE TE RETOURNE PAS (DON’T LOOK BACK)
Although Marina de Van has followed the traditional route of Sorbonne and Femis, from which she graduated in 1996, she is regarded as a maverick film-maker, her films hardly fitting (…) Continue Reading »
23 January 2011
Questions-Réponses autour de Falsos Positivos
by Abla KandalaftThe film uncovers the shocking truth behind the phenomenon of the falsos positivos, or false positives, a term that outside a scientific context is used by Columbians to designate the civilians killed by the military and dressed up as guerillos to hike up the army’s FARC executions statistics. Incredibly, although the subject matter is uncompromisingly grim, this is no tear-jerker. The viewer (…) Continue Reading »
23 January 2011
Film director Benjamin Heisenberg on The Robber
by Abla KandalaftDirector Benjamin Heisenberg talks to us about his film The Robber after it premiered at the Paris Film Festival in July 2010.
How did you adapt the novel, which was itself based on a true story?
The novel is by Martin Prinz. He put together the two strands of the story: the successful runner and the masked robber. The weird thing was that even after his identification he still managed to (…) Continue Reading »
23 January 2011
Film director Anocha Suwichakornpong on Mundane History
by Abla KandalaftAnocha answers our questions following the screening of Mundane History, which premiered at the Paris Film Festival in July 2010.
Why the title?
The title in English represents a contrast between something trivial (mundane) and something bigger, eventful and more unique (history) and translates the way this quite mundane situation, that happens to an individual involves much larger (…) Continue Reading »
Catalin Mitulescu is the co-writer and producer of If I want to whistle, I whistle. We talked to him after the film premiered at the Paris Film Festival in July 2010. Catalin is best known for his film Trafic, which won him the Short Film Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2004.
How did the idea for the story come about?
The idea initially came about years ago during some work we did in prison. My (…) Continue Reading »
17 janvier 2011
Lu Chuan on his film City of Life and Death
Lu Chuan talks to us about his film City of Life and Death after it premiered in France at the Paris Film Festival in July 2010. The film is a spectacular portrayal of the Japanese army’s invasion of Nanking. Lu Chuan, a Beijing Film Academy graduate, co-wrote Black Hole, a successful TV series in China. This is his most internationally well known film to date, although his previous films had (…) Lire la suite »
2 January 2011
Lullaby for Pi
by Kelu13Can a humming through a closed bathroom door really heal two broken hearts? Can it erase the sound of a phone that won’t ring and the words of a diary written day after day on the same walls, only to disappear once again the next day?
Lullaby for Pi is a tale, a fairy tale, with the marvellous Forest Whitaker as the fairy godmother of two distressed and disturbed lovers, displaying just the (…) Continue Reading »
2 janvier 2011
Le Sentiment de la chair
par Jean-Louis Gonnet et Bruno Rolland
À l’occasion d’un examen médical, Héléna, étudiante en dessin anatomique, fait la connaissance de Benoît, un jeune radiologue. Partageant une meme fascination pour le corps humain, ils vont céder à un amour passionnel, mais à leur façon... La (…) Lire la suite »
29 novembre 2010
Pourquoi je ne vais plus voir Saw …
par Kwet
Je ne suis pas de celles qui font leurs vraies filles au cinéma, et ne vont voir des films d’horreur ou « gores » qu’en compagnie d’un accessoire plus musclé contre qui se lover en cas de suspens insoutenable. Non.
Moi je suis celles qui (…) Lire la suite »