The Opening Shot Project run by Jim Emerson at Scanners is an insightful and diadactic form of criticism, combining formal analysis and co...

Le cinéma l'après-midi , The rendez-vous of Filmmakers radio show, cancelled on France Culture! listen here (available online for a wee...

As cited in my previous post Bazin described a phenomenon characteristic of the Cahiers tradition : a constant interconnection between cri...

Reflexions sur la critique / Reflections on criticism Following to my previous post on his preliminary essay on criticism, Pour une critique...

National Archive Insitute ( INA ) opened to public use a part of their methodical archive of all things TV and radio broadcast since the 70i...

Two thirty 7 (2006/Murali K. Thalluri/Australia) +++ Opening Sequence : Very photogenic shot by a nonchalant camera flying unsteady in the ...

Conversations with other women (2005/Hans Canosa/UK/USA) +++ I like when mainstream cinema picks up some refreshing ideas from the experime...

I don't usually post non-cinema related stuff here, cause I don't know how to write about anything else, but this blogathon honors a...

Discussion with Bruno Dumont by Marie Vermillard, Philippe Grandrieux, Khalil Joreige from the filmmaker club at Le cinema l'après-midi ...

Paris Cinéma www June 27th - July 11th 2006 For the first time this year, this huge cinema event founded by Costa-Gavras in 2003 becomes a ...

Fantasma (2006/Lisandro Alonso/Netherlands/France/Argentina) +++ Opening Sequence : Long stationary shot in front of a shoe-repair shop win...

A Fost sau n-a fost ? / 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006/PORUMBOIU Corneliu/Romania) +++ Opening Sequence : December 22nd 2005. Dawn. Small ru...

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Marie-Antoinette (2006/Sofia Coppola/USA) ++ Opening Scene : Rock guitars soundtrack. Aerial shot of a lazy Marie-Antoinette sleeping next ...

Cinéfondation 2006 www [EDIT Award results] Honorary presidents: Martin Scorsese & Abbas Kiarostami CINÉFONDATION (Completed Feature Fil...

45th International Critic's Week www [EDIT : Award results] Gaspard Noé - godfather of the Critic's Week COMPETITION - Feature film...