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Children of Paradise (1945) More at IMDbPro »Les enfants du paradis (original title)
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9 items from 2012
Revisiting Colonel Blimp & Le Quai des Brumes
3 May 2012 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
They outraged the authorities on release. But the two films, made before and during the second world war, are now considered classics – and will be re-released this month. Our critics consider their impact
Ryan Gilbey on Le Quai des Brumes
It's easy now to call Marcel Carné's Le Quai des Brumes a masterpiece. When the film was released in 1938, such a view was more contentious. In the wake of the collapse of France's Popular Front government, the film was seen as exacerbating the mood of despair creeping into the left. Jean Renoir labelled it "counter-revolutionary". The Motion Picture Herald concluded: "One will be sorry that such art and talents have been used for such a trite and sordid story, which includes not a decent or healthy character." The Vichy government denounced it as "immoral, depressing and detrimental to young people", and declared that if the war was lost, Le Quai des Brumes »
- Ryan Gilbey, Philip Oltermann
Le Quai des Brumes – review
3 May 2012 2:17 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Jean Gabin stars in this French classic about an army deserter who falls for a gangster's moll
This classic rerelease by Marcel Carné is part of a season dedicated to the French acting legend Jean Gabin (1904-1976); it is dark, mysterious and shrouded in sensuous fog that Gabin's character says is part of the emotional weather he carries around with him. He is an army deserter who fetches up in the port town of Le Havre; escaping abroad is vital, but in a grim bar (with a picture of Dickens on the wall) he finds himself falling in love with the 17-year-old Nelly, played by the gasp-inducingly sexy Michèle Morgan, a gangster's moll in the malign grip of snivelling bad-guy Lucien (Pierre Brasseur) and her sinister, libidinous guardian, played by Michel Simon. The dialogue by Jacques Prévert boasts glorious lines comparable to those in Les Enfants Du Paradis. Nelly says: »
- Peter Bradshaw
Trailer trash
28 April 2012 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Martin Kemp's werewolf embarrassment, David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia rides again and Ealing classics get a spruce-up
One in the eye for Martin
How must Martin Kemp feel? The Krays star, EastEnder and sofa seller was also once, of course, a member of Spandau Ballet. He can now be found contributing an ill-starred cameo to the dreadful, straight-to-dvd British comedy (I think) Strippers vs Werewolves. In the film's opening scene, Martin, aroused by a stripper dressed in schoolgirl uniform, turns into a werewolf and she, taking fright, stabs him in the eye. That's him over with, after just two minutes.
Then the opening credits kick in… set to "Hungry Like the Wolf", by his 80s arch rivals Duran Duran. Oh the infamy. Always believe in your soul, Martin - at least the BBC are bound to play "Gold" a lot during the Olympics.
Arabian nights at this year's »
- Jason Solomons
Seven rounds with Aki Kaurismäki
5 April 2012 3:39 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
He thinks his own films are dreadful, Scorsese's worse, and despairs of mankind in general. Director Aki Kaurismäki on why only love, mushrooms and drinking on set keep him going
Aki Kaurismäki sits in his heavy black coat, grimacing. The miserabilist's miserabilist is looking more miserable than it is possible to imagine. I have been told it is best to interview him first thing in the morning, because he starts to drink after that. It is now four in the afternoon, and he seems to have been glugging back the white wine for a good few hours.
He is waiting for a member of staff at Soho House in London to tell him to put out his fag, and he is not disappointed. "I'm sorry, sir, we have told you, you can't smoke in here." Kaurismäki looks surprised, as if this is the first he's heard of it, apologises and »
- Simon Hattenstone
Martin Scorsese Recommends 39 Foreign Films to Young Filmmaker
26 March 2012 3:14 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Young filmmaker Colin Levy reached out to Martin Scorsese asking him for some film recommendations to further his cinematic education and Scorsese's assistant responded with the following list and a note that read: Mr. Scorsese asked that I send this your way. This should be a jump start to your film education! The list is comprised of 39 foreign films and I've gone through and put a little check mark next to those that I have personally seen, which, I guess, means I have 19 films I need to begin to explore. Of those I haven't seen, Rocco and His Brothers and Children of Paradise are two I've meant to watch for a long time. Rocco was one Francis Ford Coppola told me was one of his favorite films back when I interviewed him for Tetro and I've still yet to give it a watch. (slacking) According to the post from Colin at Reddit, »
- Brad Brevet
News Shorts: March 15th 2012
14 March 2012 10:20 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Stills for Wrath of the Titans and more photos from Riddick. Also set photos of Steve Coogan and Anna Friel shooting The King of Soho.
Posters for Ted, Safe, The Raven, The Avengers, The Hunger Games, Darling Companion, Children of Paradise, Sleepless Night, a banner for Dark Shadows, Ares in Wrath of the Titans, character wallpapers from Brave.
"The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced January 15th 2013 ahead of the ceremony itself on February 24th 2013…" (full details)
"William Friedkin's appeal to have the Nc-17 rating for his upcoming thriller "Killer Joe" reduced has failed. The Classification and Rating Appeals Board today upheld the Nc-17 rating for “graphic aberrant content involving violence and sexuality, and a scene of brutality…" (full details)
"Showtime has announced a July 1st premiere date for the eighth season of "Weeds" and second season of "Episodes"…" (full details)
"Ed Helms has denied rumors that he's »
- Garth Franklin
Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2012
3 March 2012 4:46 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
"As the annual Rendez-Vous With French Cinema series begins in New York City [today] with a screening of the blockbuster Intouchables, France's film industry is jubilant," begins Stephen Holden in the New York Times, and of course, what he's referring to first is the nearly absolute domination of The Artist throughout the just-passed awards season. Secondly, he's referring to the opening night film, "an interracial buddy comedy that has grossed nearly $240 million. It is now the second-highest-grossing French movie ever (behind Welcome to the Sticks). It's also "a crass escapist comedy that feels like a Gallic throwback to an 80s Eddie Murphy movie."
Variety's Jill Goldsmith reports that, just in time for the Us premiere, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the xenophobic National Front party has said, "'It would be a disaster if France were to find itself in the same situation' as the wealthy crippled Frenchman »
Daily Briefing. Rendez-Vous 17, Ferrera on Filmmaking, More
7 February 2012 2:03 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
The 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films, will open on March 1 with Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano's The Intouchables (Intouchables), "an unprecedented box-office phenomenon in France, where it shattered records to become the second most successful French film of all time." Back in November, John Lichfield and Agnès Poirier floated theories as to why in the Independent and Guardian, respectively. The festival closes on March 11 with David and Stéphane Foenkinos's Delicacy, featuring Audrey Tautou, and in between, there'll be over two dozen New York premieres, new work by André Téchiné, Benoît Jacquot and Alain Cavalier, and the Centerpiece: Pathé's newly restored version of Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise (1945). I posted a roundup in November when the restoration hit London.
Reading. Abel Ferrara screened 4:44 Last Day on Earth at Emir Kusturica's Küstendorf Film and Music Festival last month and, »
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Reveals Complete Lineup; 'The Intouchables' To Open
6 February 2012 10:22 AM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films have announced the full lineup for the 17th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema (March 1-11), their joint annual showcase of contemporary French cinema that plays at the Film Society, the IFC Center and BAMcinematek. French box office sensation "The Intouchables," starring "Tell No One" star Francois Cluzet," will kick-off the series, while the latest Audrey Tatou vehicle, "Delicacy," will close. Other highlights include: New French Shorts, an award-winning selection of shorts from France; a special Centerpiece screening of the newly restored version of "Children of Paradise," from filmmaker Marcel Carne, which premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival; "Farewell, My Queen," the latest from Benoit Jacquot, that stars Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette; and a tribute to French film magazine Positif, with the founding editor in person presenting some of »
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