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LE SILENCE EST D’OR (René Clair, 1947)
Known in the U.S. by the title Man About Town, Le silence est d’or (literally, Silence Is Golden), from France and the U.S., is writer-director René Clair’s first film after returning from Hollywood t… more →
Dennis Grunes
A Classic French Cinema Primer, pt. 1: Beyond the "Tradition of Quality"
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The pre-Nouvelle Vague French cinema remains unjustly neglected in a lot of critical and cinephile q … more →
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (1945)
wrote 1 month ago: And Then There Were None is a 1945 film adaption of Agatha Christie’s best-selling mystery nov … more →
Erik Satie/René Clair: Entr'Acte (1924)
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The Crazy Ray (1927)
wrote 2 months ago: Director René Clair Producer Henri Diamant-Berger Contributors Film Arts Guild, Eastin-Phelan Corp., … more →
Le Million / Rene Clair / 1931
wrote 2 months ago: Never mind the plot which involves a lottery ticket, Le Million is one odd movie experience, that is … more →
Screening Log: February 15th-29th, 2012 - Films 35-42
wrote 2 months ago: 35. Doggie Woggiez! Poochie Woochiez! (2012, Ghoul Skool and Commodore Gilgamesh): B+ 36. Under the … more →
Thoroughly Moderne Killing
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wrote 3 months ago: If you were a dapper man-about-town in the 1930s, you would be surrounded by art deco, but you would … more →
Under the Roofs of Paris (France - 1930)
wrote 3 months ago: Directed by René Clair … more →
An Italian Straw Hat, Barbican, 19 February 2012
wrote 4 months ago: An Italian Straw Hat (1927) The Barbican silent film and live music season continues in fine style w … more →
LE SILENCE EST D’OR (René Clair, 1947)
wrote 5 months ago: Known in the U.S. by the title Man About Town, Le silence est d’or (literally, Silence Is Golden), f … more →
GATES OF PARIS (René Clair, 1957)
wrote 6 months ago: Killer Pierre Barbier hides in a musician’s basement in a suburban Paris slum in Porte des Lilas, wh … more →
The Cinematic Orchestra - 'Entr'acte' (Short Film Soundtrack)
wrote 8 months ago: :: :: Entr’acte (1924) is René Clair’s Dada-influenced 20-minute short, commissioned for the interva … more →
The Cinematic Orchestra - Manhatta and Entr'acte (new soundtrack recordings)
wrote 8 months ago: The Cinematic Orchestra have scored and recorded soundtracks for two films from the 1920′s. an … more →
BEAUTY AND THE DEVIL (René Clair, 1949)
wrote 8 months ago: Okay, okay; I was wrong to write off postwar René Clair. His return to France after his Hollywood so … more →
Cineclub Dynamo - Puertas de las lilas
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I Married a Witch (1942)
wrote 1 year ago: Director: René Clair Present day, 1942. A bolt of lightning collides with an old oak tree, whose roo … more →
The Birth Of The New Poetic - Á Nous La Liberté
wrote 1 year ago: This early work from René Clair came at the dawn of the sound cinema. Combining music with imagery t … more →
Five Film Favorites: Foreign Films
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wrote 1 year ago: As you know from last week, F.T. Rea has handed off his Five Film Favorites column. For the foreseea … more →
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