Richard Lahr’s “Front Row” blog, which he does for The New Yorker, features a video clip where Lahr talks about symbolic elements in Dardenne films, and notes their atypical reference to another film (to Pickpocket, in L’Enfant). I strongly suggest you don’t watch the clip until you’ve seen L’Enfant, as he opens the video with […]
Jean-Pierre Melville’s renowned films include L’armée des ombres (“Army Of Shadows” 1969), Le samouraï (1967), Bob le flambeur (1956), and of course Les enfants terribles (1950). But it’s Léon Morin, prêtre (“Leon Morin, Priest” / “The Forgiven Sinner” 1961) that I’ve always wanted to see, Melville’s adaptation of the Béatrix Beck novel about Catholic and […]
That’s it. I’m moving to Manhattan. This afternoon. Friday at the latest. “Beyond L’Enfant: The Complete Dardenne Brothers” launches today at Lincoln Centre, and while the Dardenne-a-thon may be less complete than advertised, I’d give my last Belgian waffle to be there Friday when Jean-Pierre and Luc take the stage. Also, Bahrani vs The Brothers.
Compare seven lists of The Greatest Films Of All Time, you get 2,294 titles that somebody-or-other thinks you really ought to see. Not a lot of consensus – apart from thirty movies that show up on every single tally. They don’t amount to an official canon of any sort, but if you’re looking for a summer alternative to superheroes and sequels… You could do worse.