Tag Archives: Juliette Binoche

too much chocolate can be dangerous to your health (film: Chocolat – Lasse Hallström, 2000)

Posted on January 24, 2024 by admin

‘Chocolat‘ (2000) is one of those very successful films that I should have seen at their time and that somehow I missed, caught up in the whirlwind of my previous lives. I kept putting it off, but now its turn … Continue reading →

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Deneuve and Binoche at their best in a smart and sensible movie by Hirokazu Koreeda (film: La vérité – Hirokazu Koreeda, 2019)

Posted on January 30, 2021 by admin

The presence of Catherine Deneuve or Juliette Binoche in the cast would be reason enough to make me run to see a movie. ‘La vérité‘ (the title in English is ‘The Truth‘) made in 2010 gave me the double opportunity … Continue reading →

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original and copies, reality and appearances (film: Copie conforme – Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)

Posted on October 14, 2020 by admin

‘Certified Copy‘ is one of the latest films by Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami and one of the few made by him outside Iran. The landscape is very different from his previous films. The film looks completely ‘European’ and the assimilation … Continue reading →

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the starting point of a few beautiful careers (film: Rendez-vous – André Téchiné, 1985)

Posted on October 13, 2020 by admin

When film director André Téchiné made ‘Rendez-vous‘ in 1985, his name was already well known. However, some of his collaborators were anonymous and this film would be a very good launching pad for celebrities. Téchiné offered the lead role and … Continue reading →

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crumbling of an epoch (Film: L’heure d’été – Olivier Assayas, 2008)

Posted on October 10, 2019 by admin

I chose to see ‘L’heure d’ete‘ (film released in the English space with the title ‘Summer Hours’) especially for Juliette Binoche, an actress I greatly appreciate, and for director Olivier Assayas. Binoche does not have as consistent a role in … Continue reading →

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a superb film about love in garbage (Film: Les amants du Pont-Neuf – Leos Carax, 1991)

Posted on April 11, 2019 by admin

I hope that you’ll excuse my enthusiasm. It is quite rare to fall on a film that I consider it deserving a 10/10 rating on IMDB. I am a demanding cinema fan, and the maximum rating is reserved on my … Continue reading →

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men, machines, and in-between (Film: Ghost in the Shell – Scarlett Johansson, 2017)

Posted on April 9, 2017 by admin

I did not see the original Japanese anime film with the same name which triggered the idea of Ghost in the Shell and this may be an advantage or a disadvantage. I have read some articles that compare the two … Continue reading →

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underrated, almost a masterpiece (film: Clouds of Sils Maria – Juliette Binoche, 2014)

Posted on December 30, 2016 by admin

There are so many reasons to like this film. First, the cast includes two of the lead actresses of two different generations – the priceless and prize covered Juliette Binoche and one of the top performers of the younger generation … Continue reading →

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La Belle et Malade Epoque (Film: Ma Loute – Bruno Dumont, 2016)

Posted on August 18, 2016 by admin

The centennial anniversary of the breaking of WWI was an opportunity for several books to be written and films to be made (most of them documentaries) not only about the war itself, but also about the years that preceded it. … Continue reading →

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how do you say Tarantino in French? (Film: Mauvais sang – Leos Carax, 1986)

Posted on October 19, 2015 by admin

I am fascinated by Leos Carax. In more than 30 years he made just a handful of long films, but what films these are. Each of them reminds me when I get to see them why I love and I … Continue reading →

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