Articles de cet auteur (185)
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American splendor
An American film that Lars Von Trier would probably approve of and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, 2003. Harvey Pekar, a Detroit-based hospital filing clerk, discovered early in life that he was not meant to be a superhero. In fact, his life was more than particularly ordinary. Rather grumpy, no clothes-horse, paunchy, with two (...) -
Ivre de femmes et de peinture (Chihwaseon)
A fascinating invitation to venture back into 19th century Korean history, a time of social collapse, ill-fated reformist movements and peasant uprisings with diplomatic and military interventions from China and Japan. This background is well explained for the audience unfamiliar with this part of the world. But it is still background. In the (...) -
Irreversible
This is a descent into hell structured as a return to the innocence of Eden. The film begins and ends with the saying :’Time destroys everything’. This means that the film is deeply pessimistic about human nature, human existence and raging cruelty. It is a test-case film of what can be portrayed on screen in terms of sexual violence where we (...) -
About schmidt
In his satirical high school comedy, Election, Alexander Payne showed a sensitive and incisive talent for the foibles of human nature. Now, he moves to retirement and old age with an even stronger sensitivity. With clever dialogue and an often understated performance, Jack Nicholson brings to life the insurance manager who finds himself on the (...) -
Spider
Ralph Fiennes shuffles on to the scene, muttering incoherently, and takes up residence in a refuge for men released from mental institutions. What he does is revisit his past, both real and imaginary, jotting memories in hieroglyphics into a notebook. He sees himself as a child with his mother and father, at home, at the pub, seeing his (...)