Blogs about: Jean Pierre Melville

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Impossibly Cool: Le Samourai Review3 comments

robertod wrote 2 weeks ago: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ultra stylish 1967 noir thriller is not as well recognised as it ought … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, Le Samourai, Movies, french new wave, ALAIN DELON, film noir

DVD vending machines ripping up on Netflix7 comments

cribbster wrote 3 weeks ago: Redbox DVD vending machines are apparently bringing the pain to Netflix’s bottom line, accord … more →

Tags: News, Netflix, Walmart, redbox, DVD vending machines, Reed Hastings, Blockbuster, Le Samourai

Review: The Good Thief (2002)

Roy See wrote 1 month ago: Neil Jordan is a good thief. Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1955 Bob le flambeur is arguably the first … more →

Tags: Review, Movies, The Good Thief (2002), Neil Jordan, Nick Nolte, Ralph Fiennes, Bob le flambeur (1955), Nutsa Kukhianidze, Tchéky Karyo

Review: Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle, 1970)1 comment

Bill Thompson wrote 2 months ago: So much atmosphere I drowned five minutes into the movie! Written By: Jean-Pierre Melville Directed … more →

Tags: Movies, 1970s, Le Cercle Rouge, The Red Circle, Movie, Relationships, corruption, Drama, Suspense

Ink-stained Wenches37 comments

dcairns wrote 3 months ago: Coincidentally I downloaded and watched THE HARD WAY (not that one) with Patrick McGoohan and Lee V … more →

Tags: film, John Boorman, Patrick McGoohan, Cy Endfield, George Lazenby, Universal Soldier, Edna O'Brien, The Hard Way, Germaine Greer

I Know Noir, But What Am I?

drbristol wrote 3 months ago: Who is cooler than Lee Marvin, anyway? I was thinking about how it’s been a year since we lo … more →

Tags: Reviews, Film/TV, film noir, neo-noir, Criterion Collection, Jules Dassin, ALAIN DELON, Richard Widmark, The Killers

Le Samouraï

mistercomfypants wrote 3 months ago: Title: Le Samouraï Year: 1967 Director: Jean-Pierre Melville Writer: Jean-Pierre Melville & Geor … more →

Tags: Movies, top 250, Georges Pellegrin, Joan McLeod, ALAIN DELON, François Périer, François de Roubaix, 1967

Link to Notes on Jean-Pierre Melville3 comments

A.R. Duckworth wrote 4 months ago: As I am stuck underneath work the completion of articles has halted temporary. This link goes to a g … more →

Tags: French Cinema, Link

Busan Cinematheque Honors Giants of World Cinema1 comment

Jacob Worrel wrote 4 months ago: The Busan Cinematheque is hosting a film series called “World Cinema VI” that will make … more →

Tags: things to look forward to, Busan Cinematheque, Howard Hawks, World Cinema, Robert Bresson, To Have and Have Not, Army of Shadows, pickpocket

La Nouvelle Vague à Cinquante! - Celebrating The French New Wave1 comment

Glyn wrote 4 months ago: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of La Nouvelle Vague, the French New Wave which t … more →

Tags: directors, Drama, film noir, France, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967, Alain Resnais

Comme vous voulez.

dianap00 wrote 4 months ago: I love blue eyes. I love thieves. I love liars. I love stories that manage to say things without tel … more →

Tags: Thoughts on Pictures, film noir, En Français, Le Samourai

Breathless

Signe Kassow wrote 4 months ago: Jean-Luc Godard is one of my favorite directors, I just saw this movie made by him in French called … more →

Tags: Fashion, People, Movies, Movie, film, French, Jean-Luc Godard, - Jean Paul Belmondo, jean seberg

Sparrow (2008)1 comment

asianfilmreviews wrote 4 months ago: Sparrow – 文雀 Director: Johnnie To (杜琪峯) Cast: Simon Yam (任達華), Kelly Lin (林熙蕾), Gordon Lam (林家 … more →

Tags: Film Reviews, Hong Kong Film Reviews, Fred Avril, Gordon Lam, Hong Kong, Jean-Luc Godard, Johnnie To, kelly lin, Law Wing Cheong

The Male Secretaries21 comments

dcairns wrote 5 months ago: Rather strangely, I watched two Male Secretary Films the same day, without any plan to do so. (And w … more →

Tags: film, Literature, Music, Charles Vanel, CONSTANCE MOORE, georges delerue, Hands Across the Table, I Wanted Wings, - Jean Paul Belmondo

Fedora! Fedora! Fedora!

jpeca wrote 5 months ago: For my previous birthday my parents promised me a fedora. Ever since, it’s been my elusive goal to a … more →

Tags: Misc. Movies, ALAIN DELON, Billy Wilder, Bowler, Bushido, cocklaphilia, cocklaphobia, Fedora, fedora hat

Le Samourai - French Classic by Jean-Pierre Melville 1967

invisibleagent wrote 6 months ago: Le Samourai is a French minimalist thriller starring Alain Delon as Jeff Costello, an impeccably dre … more →

Tags: Movies, Spy Movies, Secret Agents, Le Samourai, ALAIN DELON, caty rosier

The Initial Draft of My Essay on the precursors to the French Nouvelle Vague...

allangraysimagination wrote 7 months ago: Just as a cautionary note, I plan on revising this when I get a chance, while I did receive an A+ on … more →

Tags: film, History, nouvelle vague, New Wave, Jean Renoir, Alain Resnais, Louis Malle, Jean Cocteau, Robert Bresson

Le Samouraï4 comments

sarcastig wrote 7 months ago: Alain Delon is a beautiful man. I might have mentioned this before, I know, but still. Beautiful. An … more →

Tags: Reviews, Plein Soleil, ALAIN DELON, Le Cercle Rouge, Le Samourai, nouvelle vague

Dead Man Rocking!

Just Another Film Buff wrote 8 months ago: Of Interconnected Lives Every now and then, when people start saying “Indie is dead”, there comes a … more →

Tags: All posts, Cinema of the US, filmmakers, Independent cinema, Bill Murray, broken flowers, Coffee and Cigarettes, dead man, down by law


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