Farewell Friend, or Adieu l’ami, the original title in French, is an odd curiosity. It was a huge international hit when it came out, starring two international icons of the ’60s and 70s, Alain Delon and Charles Bronson. Strange as over the years, the movie seldom comes up in either […]
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The Bride Wore Black (La Mariée était en noir) is a 1968 crime drama by Francois Truffaut. The Story: after witnessing the love of her life murdered on her wedding day, the bride (Jeanne Moreau) overcomes her depression and vows bloody revenge. One by one she attempts to track down […]
The Red Balloon’s dream opens with a boy (Pascale Lamorisse) descending into the panoramic view of fifties Paris. For a moment it seems like he is about to enter a live theatrical scenery. He is to be our protagonist and this backdrop is to become his playground. His very first […]
“Crime doesn’t pay” is a well-defined trope explored in the world of cinema. A simpler examination of this trope could be in form of the villainous characters receiving their comeuppance at the hands of the heroic forces like Indio being shot to death in a duel against Colonel Mortimer in […]
Today many fans think this is one of Jean-Paul Belmondo‘s finest action vehicles, but it wasn’t particularly popular when first released; it did well at the box-office but wasn’t the expected smash hit, and critics thought it was too crude and violent. In 1974 Belmondo, Bebel to fans & friends, […]
One of the most aesthetically captivating films to be released in the last few years is Gaspar Noe’s 2009 psychedelic melodrama, Enter The Void. From the start of the film which bombards you with a highly intense opening credits sequence you are plunged into an existential adventure the likes of […]