Amour
Any review of Mchael Haneke’s “Amour” should start by noting what a moving story it tells. Did I cry during “Amour”? Two-ply tissues. “Amour” gives a gentle but chilling view into the final months of a...
View ArticleDid American cinema make the grade in 2012?
Throughout 2012 I found myself drawn more toward world cinema–particularly European films–and less to American ones. Reasons are numerous, among which the number of rote big-budget efforts, repeated...
View ArticleFrench cinema on the rise | NEWS
French cinema’s B.O. returns in 2012 have set a record with over $1BN in ticket sales, an increase of 88% compared to the previous year, according to a statement released Friday by Unifrance, the...
View ArticleUnstoppable ARGO crowned bestest at Academy Awards
I never get my prediction for Best Movie right. This year, I did. Sure, you will claim that “Argo” was a shoo-in, what with the trail of fire it’s been leaving behind it these past few months...
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Quelle tristesse! Emmanuelle Riva dead at 89
French screen icon, famously cast in her first major part in New Wave Alain Resnais’s first film, “Hiroshima mon amour,” legendary actor Emmanuelle Riva died in Paris yesterday. At age eighty-nine she...
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