Films with diverse casts are proving more popular at the box office, finds a study by the Creative Artists Agency
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In a mansion in the fictional Xanadu, a vast palatial estate in Florida, the elderly Charles Foster Kane is on his deathbed. Holding a snow globe, he utters the mysterious word “Rosebud” and then dies; the snow globe slips from his hand and smashes on the floor. And that’s how one of cinema’s most iconic […]
Du 3 au 8 février 2017, Mon ciné vous propose une série de nouveaux rendez-vous avec une cinématographie diverse et méconnue, celle du continent Africain.
In this episode Jay Dyer, author of Esoteric Hollywood: Sex, Cults & Symbols in Film, joins Rob Davenport for a discussion about his book and a bunch of other subjects including #pizzagate.
The passing of Peter O’Toole in December 2013 was a sad moment for me. I had a strong personal affection for the man and his work, stemming primarily from my undying love for the film Lawrence of Arabia, which I consider a contender for the greatest movie ever made. But, such was his length of […]
In anticipation of the highly anticipated X-Men: Apocalypse movie, I have been revisiting the previous installments of the X-Men film franchise, reminding myself of some of the superb cinematic moments scattered throughout the series. One, among many, that truly stands out is from the last X-Men offering, the brilliant Days of Future Past. This ‘future’-based […]
Depuis la seconde guerre mondiale, le cinéma américain a toujours poursuivi (et atteint) l’objectif de subjuguer les foules par des productions toujours plus coûteuses, gravitant autour de thèmes récurrents dont le fameux mythe du « héros solitaire ». Révélé par les acteurs de films d’action, il sera plus encore idéalisé et mythifié par l’explosion des « blockbusters » où le héros prend sa pleine dimension, devenant « super-héros ».
To mark Easter Sunday, I’ve decided to pay respect to a largely forgotten film that no one ever talks about, but that I think is utterly worth mention. That film was called The Greatest Story Ever Told; a 1965 Biblical epic produced and directed by George Stevens. Now first off – I’m not big into […]
