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Title: Le Samouraï Release Date: October 25, 1967 Director: Jean-Pierre Melville Production Company: Filmel | Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale | Cinématographique (CICC) | Fida Cinematografica | T.C. Productions Main Cast: Alain Delon as Jef Costello François Périer as the Commissaire Nathalie Delon as Jane Lagrange Cathy Rosier as Valérie Jacques Leroy as “The Man on the Bridge” Michel…
Sabine Weiss. Paris, 1954.
Muller stairs in the Montmartre neighbourhood of Paris
French vintage postcard
James Joyce and Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare and Company in Paris, 1921.
Title: Ninotchka Release Date: November 9, 1939 Director: Ernst Lubitsch Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Summary/Review: A trio of bumbling agents from Russian Board of Trade arrive in Paris in order to sell jewelry seized during the revolution from former Russian Grand Duchess Swana (Ina Claire). Swana, also in Paris, has Count Léon d’Algout (Melvyn Douglas) take legal action to…
Title: Celine and Julie Go Boating Release Date: September 18, 1974 Director: Jacques Rivette Production Company: Les Films Christian Fechner | Action Films| Les Films 7 |Les Films du Losange | Renn Productions | Saga | Simar Productions | V.M. Productions Summary/Review: If Celine and Julie Go Boating were made today, it would be a true crime podcast. This sprawling, surreal film begins with…
In celebration of Bastille Day this weekend, I’m watching the Three Colours Trilogy. Pour yourself a glass of wine as we examine liberté, egalité, and fraternité. Title: Three Colours: White Release Date: 26 January 1994 Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski Production Company: mk2 Productions SA | France 3 Cinéma | CAB Productions SA | TOR Production | Canal+ Summary/Review: Polish emigre and…
Izis. Man in uniform embraces his girlfriend before closing the metro station gates. Paris, 1950.
Every day until March 31, 2024 I will be watching and reviewing a movie that is 90 minutes or less. Title: Le Million Release Date: April 15, 1931 Director: René Clair Production Company: Tobis Sound Company Summary/Review: A cash-strapped artist, Michel (René Lefèvre) is mobbed by his creditors when he learns that his number was selected in a lottery that will make him a millionaire. …
wolf and red riding hood in Paris
Every day until March 31, 2024 I will be watching and reviewing a movie that is 90 minutes or less. Title: Picture Paris Release Date: December 17, 2012 Director: Brad Hall Production Company: HBO Films Summary/Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfuss stars in this short film directed by her husband and former SNL castmate Brad Hall. Playing with conventions of romantic comedies and American mythology…
“la gargouille de notre-dame”, by doisneau (1969)
Robert Doisneau. 'Camouflage', Libération de Paris en août 1944.
Sabine Weiss. Paris, 1954.
Alécio de Andrade. Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1969.
Title: Eyes Without a Face Release Date: 2 March 1960 Director: Georges Franju Production Company:Champs-Élysées Productions | Lux Film Summary/Review: Christiane Génessier (Édith Scob) is injured in a car crash that results in disfiguring her face. Her father, Doctor Génessier (Pierre Brasseur), is a plastic surgeon who specializes in skin grafts which would seem a fortunate coincidence except…
Title: Design for Living Release Date: December 29, 1933 Director: Ernst Lubitsch Production Company: Paramount Pictures Summary/Review: Commercial artist Gilda Farrell (Miriam Hopkins) meets fellow American expatriates Tom Chambers (Frederic March) and George Curtis (Gary Cooper) on a train in France. The two men share a La Boheme style garret in Paris where Tom writes plays and George paints…
