Blogs about: Olivier Assayas

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Cinematic Vocabulary - Three Moments from Irma Vep (1996)

Jonathan M wrote 4 days ago: So far, Cinematic Vocabulary has focused upon isolated cinematic scenes.  The reason for this is tha … more →

Tags: Cinematic Vocabulary, film, demonlover, Film criticism, French film, GLBT, irma vep, Maggie Cheung, Ménage

Cinema, je t'aime...

John wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve not tried to discuss 18 movies in one blog post before; so luckily there was a single mov … more →

Tags: directors, Drama, Romance, Alexander Payne, Alfonso Cuaron, Bruno Podalydès, Christopher Doyle, Daniela Thomas, Emmanuel Benbihy

The Off Season

jpeca wrote 3 weeks ago: Part of my reluctance to continue writing about movies on this page is because this is the time of s … more →

Tags: Misc. Movies, adventureland, Bruno, COBRA, Coraline, 'Drag Me to Hell', g. I. Joe, Hasbro, Michael Bay

Economies of Scale, Part 2

mackenz wrote 1 month ago: [Today's post continues and concludes the column that started on Thursday.  - IRM] In a conversation … more →

Tags: Colm Toibin, Last Night at the Lobster, mothers and sons, Songs for the Missing, Stewart O'Nan, summer hours, The Wire, Walter Benn Michaels

Economies of Scale, Part 1

mackenz wrote 1 month ago: Fiction is a superbly flexible medium: it is a skin that stretches or contracts to contain any form. … more →

Tags: summer hours, The Wire, Walter Benn Michaels

Demonlover (2002) - Back from the Primitive2 comments

Jonathan M wrote 1 month ago: I recently re-read Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1902) for the first time since taking up criti … more →

Tags: film, anime, demonlover, Film criticism, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Sepultura, Soulfly

"Summer Hours"1 comment

acidgalore wrote 1 month ago: Saw the french movie Summer Hours, which was directed by Olivier Assayas. I didn’t like it. Ma … more →

Tags: Movies, Movie, Summer Hours movie, Juliette Binoche, friendly toast

Late May, Early June

Lester wrote 1 month ago: During our four day whirlwind through New York City earlier this year, we stumbled upon a building t … more →

Tags: Art For Fuck's Sake, tripping, Concert Ticket Stub, My barbarian, Bruce LaBruce, summer hours, Ozu, jens lekman

Summer Hours (Assayas, 2008)2 comments

GHJ wrote 1 month ago: In Summer Hours, past memories and family treasures slowly slip from reach after the passing of the … more →

Tags: 2008 releases

Spend the afternoon with Jean-Pierre Leaud.2 comments

Jesse Trussell wrote 1 month ago: 1. Screen test for 400 Blows (1958) 2. Paul calling Madeleine in Masculine Feminine (1965) … more →

Tags: film, Spend the Afternoon With, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Tsai Ming-liang

Film Break: "Summer Hours"

Josh Hurst wrote 2 months ago: My review of Summer Hours– a beautiful and profound French film starring Juliette Binoche, op … more →

Tags: film, summer hours, Juliette Binoche

Tarantino is a hack, Murakami gets adapted and Shia LaBoeuf likes his mum 'that way'.7 comments

Brad wrote 2 months ago: You know that upcoming movie Precious, the one about the obese illiterate black female teenager who … more →

Tags: News, 8 - 12, Artie Ziff, Black Eyed Peas, Chow-Yun Fat, Confucius, eli roth, Fellini, Fergie

Clean and Music1 comment

babydylan wrote 2 months ago: Clean is the film, music is what it’s about, that’s why I love it. One of my favourite articles is a … more →

Tags: Close analysis, Eugene Ford, Music, Review

Olivier Assayas, "Summer Hours" (2008).

Benito Vergara wrote 2 months ago: Olivier Assayas’ exquisite new film, Summer Hours (L’heure d’été) began, at least … more →

Tags: Review, Assayas, summer hours

You must watch SUMMER HOURS. It might be the best film of the year.5 comments

Brad wrote 3 months ago: [SUMMER HOURS trailer here.] Olivier Assayas’ Summer Hours is the second in a series of films … more →

Tags: Reviews, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Musee d'Orsay, summer hours

Film review - Summer Hours (2008)3 comments

Thomas Caldwell wrote 3 months ago: Jérémie (Jérémie Renier), Adrienne (Juliette Binoche) and Frédéric (Charles Berling) Summer Hours (L … more →

Tags: 4 Stars, Film Reviews, French Cinema, Juliette Binoche, Hou Hsiao Hsien, summer hours, L'Heure d'été, Edith Scob, Charles Berling

ND/NF: Paul Giamatti in Vanya on 42nd Street...and also in Russia for some reason

Nicholas Feitel, Contributing Editor wrote 4 months ago: You know a film is tackling the existential ennui of creative-types when the first moment of excite … more →

Tags: festival dispatches, Hidden Gems, New Directors/New Films, New Voices, Cold Souls, David Strathairn, Paul Giamatti, Uncle Vanya

Irma Vep

Jonathan Kiefer wrote 7 months ago: You’d want to marry Maggie Cheung too if she lit up your film like she does director Olivier Assaya … more →

Tags: Movie Reviews, DVD, Maggie Cheung, irma vep, Nathalie Richard, Les Vampires, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Louis Feuillade

Boarding Gate (Assayas, 2008)

GHJ wrote 8 months ago: Oliver Assayas’ Boarding Gate snakes through a cavernous international setting of deceit, a p … more →

Tags: 2008 releases


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