14 novembre 2006

Cinema: my tips / mes suggestions

Here a list of the films that I have seen most recently and that I would recommend you, and other films that will soon come out...

Latest
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Babel” by Alejandro González Iñárritu with Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael García Bernal, among other excellent actors including some non professional (****)
The black Dahlia”, by Brian De Palma with Scarlett Johansson, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckart and Hilary Swank [not excellent but great decors and performances, and still a De Palma…] (**)
"Children of Men"by Alfonso Cuaron with Julianne Moore and Clive Owen, (***)
"Scoop" continuation of the London season by Woody Allen this time with Woody himself, Scarlett Johansson (again) and the glamourous Hugh Jackman (I am an unconditional fan of Woody Allen and this one was very good), (***)
Shortbus” by John Cameron Mitchell with some cute but unknown actors… (excellent, fresh and not pornographic), (****) – as Michel Rebichon wrote in STUDIO magazine, “dans ce New York de carton-pâte post -11 Septembre, métaphoriquement plongé dans les ténèbres à la suite d’une panne d’électricité, le sexe et les corps ne sont que des véhicules pour atteindre – attention, gros mots! – l’amour et la vérité des émotions. Shortbus est un film (dé)culotté, une expérience de vie, un happening artistique, une tragi-comédie de la vie dans laquelle on vous propose chaudement de… grimper".
"Miss Little Sunshine" by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris with Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette among others – great fresh road comedy! (****)

"The Last Kiss" by Tony Goldwyn with Zach Braff (from the cult film “Garden State”) – I haven’t seen yet but seems interesting…

And still

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"Bubble" by Steven Soderbergh, (***)
Elementarteilchen” (Partcules Elementaires) by Oskar Röhler, (**)
L’homme de sa vie” by Zabou Breitman - not seen yet but will...

"Paris je t’aime" – various (see previous post), (***)
"Thank you for smoking" by Jason Reitman with Aaron Eckart in excellent form, (***)
The devil wears Prada” by David Frankel, only for the excellent Meryl Streep! (**)
The science of sleep” by Michel Gondry, with Gael Garcia Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg – not as good and special as the previous “Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind” but quite something as well… (****)
Voyage en Armenie” by Robert Guediguian, (***)

Last disappointment:
Dans Paris” by Christophe Honoré with Romain Duris, reminescent of the french nouvelle vague yet not quite réussi...

Coming soon:
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"El Laberinto del Fauno" (Le labyrinthe de Pan) by Guillermo Del Toro with Sergi López, the great Maribel Verdú (from "Y tu mama también") and Ariadna Gil among others,
Angel” by François Ozon (one of my favourite directors!) with Romola Garai (we saw her in Scoop), Sam Neill and Charlotte Rampling – first Ozon film made in England, am very curious...
"Lady Chatterly" by Pascal Ferran.

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