***1/2. Years before anyone else, Jean-Pierre Mocky had already handled the delicate topic of hooliganism. In 82 minutes, Mocky says all you need to know about the psychology of this type of supporters. As always, those who could learn something from KILL THE REFEREE will be the last ones to take a look at it. The last car chase is a little jewel. Recommended.

Katharine Hepburn hesitates between two kinds of love, society-friendly or romantic, symbolized by Robert Taylor and Robert Mitchum. Vincente Minnelli's first melodrama already foretells the masterpieces of the 50's. So let's forget some Du Maurier scenes that haven't aged so well and enjoy a lucid mise-en-scene illumined by Karl Freund's camera.

Noah in Ohio. The paranoia mood didn't work for me. Already forgotten.

Wes Craven studied Literature, Philosophy and Psychology at Baltimore University. And it shows. SCREAM 2 is a little jewel of invention dedicated to the mise-en-abîme of the horror genre. No wonder that the Cahiers du Cinema paid him an incredible homage a few months ago. Highly recommended.

Improbable adventure movie in the Amazonian jungle. Natives look like Navajo indians who mistook the set for a western one and the ancient tombs look as if they have been built by Egyptians. Nevertheless, I must admit that I enjoyed watching Joan Bennett walking in the forest with high heels. Every scene with Vincent Price is also worth a look as well as the scene of George Sanders' death (a question of timing...). Recommended to curious ones.

Wife and daughter cried a lot while watching this one with me. I didn't. So one can't say that I'm dominated by my feelings when I consider One Day as a pretty good romantic drama. Anne Hathaway reminds me a lot of my dog (who didn't cry only because he's too proud) but it's completely irrelevant here. Highly recommended.

A mysterious atmosphere, a dozen first-rate French actors of the 90's, hilarious thoughts about unemployment in the industrial northern part of France, disturbing descriptions of the secret activities of the giant pharmaceutical corporations. A highly recommended film of this director (still in activity !) only a few movie lovers appreciate.

Last James Whale movie. An Austrian prince, victim of a heartbreak, decides to sacrifice his life in order to save the lives of seven of his compatriots. When he learns that his beloved is in fact really in love with him, he quickly forgets his compatriots and marries her in the boat sailing towards Germany. Nothing to save here. Instant crap.

So tense that you quickly forget that the characters are interviewed by a journalist born 200 years later. Highly recommended.

Interesting telling of a forgotten event that happened just before the French 1988 Presidential elections. What I liked the most about it is the point of view of the main character. Kassovitz is a soldier and never questions his orders as morally reprehensible as they may be. He observes and tries his best. That's the force of Rebellion. Recommended.

Empty bubble. Already forgotten.

I thougt a lot about Marc Forster's Stay (2005) while watching Passengers. That's about all that I can say here. Passengers is shallow. Already forgotten.

Shot during the May 1968 events in Paris after Mocky heard students discussing their urge to toughen the revolution and develop terrorist actions. If one excepts Mocky, actors are not very good here and the production is rather cheap (there is no blood on the ground after the machine-gun initial killing... for instance) but the film contains interesting caustic dialogues about the bourgeois/marxist fracture. A curiosity.

Tells the stations of the cross of Luke who gains an undeniable Christian stature at the end of the road. You may have some fun by counting the blatant and the less obvious allusions to the Life of Jesus left by the screenwriters here. Academy award (well deserved) earned by George Kennedy in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category. Masterpiece.

Harmless comedy about geniuses. I should have seen a giallo instead. Already forgotten.

Another Arthur Hiller's Love Story variation. Two stars because Anne Hathaway has the same eyes than my dog. Already forgotten.

Yes, yes, yes. A few aging stars - Redgrave, Nero, Testi - two promising young actors, Bernal and Seyfried, a sirupy story and the Tuscan countryside. The whole thing is watchable once but I should have seen a giallo instead. Already forgotten.

Bizarre and Horror. Romanticism at its best! Masterpiece.

Smart screenplay. Highly recommended.

70 years later, the main theme is still relevant. Academy award in the Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Furthermore, Woman of the Year conduces to dsicover the whole Katharine Hepburn filmography. Highly recommended.

Above average screenplay, convincing actors and a superior mise-en-scene. Mahogany, the serial killer, is a haunting character. I was hooked. Highly recommended.

British humour and improbable flashy clothings. We are in the mid 60's allright and young blond ephebes are haunting Dirk Bogarde's castle. A curiosity. Already forgotten.

In my opinion, one of John Huston's masterpieces (I know, I'm quite alone here). I like a lot how Huston describes the members of the right-thinking and honest family of the film: Zeb Rawlins is a crippled, Charlie Rawlins a retarded and Georgia Rawlins a repressed woman. Abe Kelsey's character is also haunting. A movie to be rediscovered stratum by stratum. If you dare.

It's about the only romantic American theme: loss of seminal values and nostalgia for a time that is not so distant. Ten years before Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show, John Huston describes here out of place people looking for a European movie. Masterpiece.

Uncompromising film about the physical and moral lynching of a man in post WWII France. Dark vision of Love and bourgeois society. Michel Simon, as usual, overshadows everyone with the exception of Viviane Romance. Highly recommended if you've still got some hope in humanity.

In 106 minutes, Jean-Pierre Mocky, with its caustic and usual manner, enumerates the details of all possible nightmares a politician has to face during its career: extra-marital relations with a nubile girl, too curious journalists, a blackmailer who discovers hidden zones in his past, an assistant always present for any urges that can appear, etc.. So horrifying but so true! Good show but this one is already forgotten.

Mirror, mirrors. NYC and NYC people seen and felt by a stranger. Empty lives, empty jobs, empty minds. A society in decadence. Mc Queen is nonetheless optimistic: Brandon is jogging while listening to J.-S. Bach's Goldstein Variations. Will Europe save its lost child? Mirror, mirrors. Highly recommended.

Brando and his fake lashes , a young and slim Anthony Quinn, Jean Peters as a Mexican girl (tough job) and Alan Reed as Pancho Villa (easy job). Politics corrupts and noble ideas lead to terror. Zapata's death, minced by dozens of bullets. Masterpiece.

Gloria Grahame as a flower girl suffering from hay fever, Katharine Hepburn sneezing in a space suit, Hepburn's evening dresses, It's about all that's worth remembering here. Harold S. Bucquet's mise en scene is nonexistent. Reserved to curious one.

Great production design.