Remakes are nothing new in Hollywood but when it comes to your favorite movies, you often hope there will be ‘nothing new’, at all. In Scarface: first and second impact, I explained how some movies inspired my creativity and made me write my first short stories; Scarface is definitely one of these great movies that changed my life. In Lost, ... More
We all watched Back To The Future movies at least once, and I was among the ones who wished the hover board was real. If it’s still not, the good news is that Michael J. Fox‘s shoes from Back To The Future II are. 1500 pairs of the 2011 Nike MAG are currently auctioned on eBay with all net proceeds going directly to The Michael J. Fox ... More
Quand la Cinémathèque présente mes cinéastes préférés : Stanley Kubrick, Jacques Tati, Blake Edwards et Fritz Lang. Tous ont été ou bien vont l’être prochainement, mis à l’honneur par la Cinémathèque Française. L’occasion donc de revenir sur ces cinéastes emblématiques de leur époque qui tiennent une place toute ... More
Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec opens tomorrow in France and Luc Besson‘s adaptation of Jacques Tardi‘s Adele Blanc-Sec sounds great. In 2007 (jeez, time flies!) I wrote about the director/producer in: From Scarface to Smokin’ Aces: the art of the gun sceneand I mentioned several of the movies he made like Nikita, Le ... More
How could I forget to mention Rendezvous? I’m a fan of great gunfight scenes in movies (From Scarface to Smokin’ Aces: the art of the gun scene) and, of course, high-octane car chases (Car chases in movies: Bullitt, Terminator 2, Mad Max 2…). About two years ago, I shared some of my favorite car chase scenes, covering films like Terminator 2: Judgment ... More
As you may already know, I am 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 channel television France3. A movie ... More
Last February, I posted an article about car chases in movies: Car chases in movies: Bullitt, Terminator 2, Mad Max 2… I highlighted several films with memorable chase scenes, like Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Thelma & Louise, The Blues Brothers, The French Connection, Grindhouse/Death Proof, and of course, Bullitt. Watching Steve McQueen tear through ... More
This topic is like any other of its kind when it comes to violence, wherever and against whoever it is: awful. In 2004, Amnesty International launched its global Stop Violence Against Women Campaign and last week Amnesty International France released a short ‘punchy‘ movie (02:30) directed by Olivier Dahan (La Môme/La Vie en Rose) starring ... More
Movies and music, but also design and art; for each I have my preferences I share with you on this blog. This time it is about two French artists with strong personalities and their one-of-a-kind creative world. If I tell you Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep and more recently Be Kind Rewind? I hope you think Michel Gondry right ... More
I’ve already covered my favorite gunfight scenes in movies (From Scarface to Smokin’ Aces: the art of the gun scene). Now it’s time to talk about car chases—a genre all its own, with certain chases reaching classic status. For me, Bullitt (1968) has the greatest car chase ever filmed. Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen) races through the steep hills of ... More
