How did I forget to mention ‘Rendezvous’? I enjoy gun scenes in movies (From Scarface to Smokin’ Aces: the art of the gun scene) and also car chases in movies (Car chases in movies: Bullitt, Terminator 2, Mad Max 2…). That was two years ago, when I shared with you my favorites car chases scenes […]

Last year I published an extract on my first book and I was very touched by the many supporting feedbacks I received about it. During the past 2 months, I’ve been hard at work writing a movie script which action takes place in the mid-1930’s, during the Golden Age of Hollywood. It’s not a movie […]

As you may already know, I’m a huge fan of Hollywood’s Golden Age, movies from the 1930’s and the 1940’s, and also film noir. For the French reading this blog who want to see some very good movies made by the Warner Brothers during the Great Depression, don’t miss the Cinéma de Minuit on french […]

In February, I posted an article about car chases: Car chases in movies: Bullitt, Terminator 2, Mad Max 2…. I mentioned several movies with great chase scenes like Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Thelma & Louise, The Blues Brothers, The French Connection, Grindhouse/Death Proof… And of course, Bullitt. Steve McQueen driving his Mustang GT390 at full […]

Movies and music, but also design and art; for each I have my preferences I share with you on this blog. This time it’s about two French people with strong personalities and their very own world. If I tell you Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep and more recently Be Kind […]

I’ve already talk about gun scenes in movies (From Scarface to Smokin’ Aces: the art of the gun scene), now it’s about car chases in movies; it’s not a genre but some chases are classics. In my opinion, Bullitt (1968), with Franck Bullitt chasing the bad guys, up and down the steep hills of San […]

Jacques Tati is born in October 1907, and 2007 is the 100th anniversary of his birth. We’re now in December, and it’s not too late (yet) to talk about this anniversary by mentioning some of his movies. A few days ago, I had the opportunity to meet with Tati’s niece, Macha Makeieff. She manages Tati’s […]

I like gun scenes in movies, and very few directors have mastered the art of the gun scene. I was young but Tony’s death scene in Scarface (1983) was both shocking and exciting (read more about my Scarface experience here). Tony knew he was going to die but he goes out shooting and shouting insults […]

Reading your comments about my posts: Davis, Flynn, Dietrich… They did it their way, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned The Power Of Satire and Scarface: first and second impact showed your interest into movies addressing some real issues. The movies I like the most watching are the ones with strong themes, whether they are […]

The period between Great Depression and World War II is remembered as Hollywood’s Golden Age, from the 1920’s to the late 1940’s with introduction of television. I’m a huge fan of the 1930s to 1940s movie decade, when Bette Davis was Mildred Rogers in Of Human Bondage (1934), her fights with Jack Warner and the […]