Artistic note: (3.5/5) Synopsis After Fashion Week, Carl and Yaya, a couple of models and influencers, are invited on a yacht for a luxury cruise. While the crew takes great care of the vacationers, the captain refuses to leave his cabin as the famous gala dinner approaches. Events take an unexpected turn and the balance … Read more
Science fiction, horror film and French cinema are honored in this selection. What a good start to 2023 thanks to these few successes of the past year. Films to see or rediscover to fill up with emotions to share! Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Despite a rather limited release … Read more
Artistic note: (4/5) Synopsis The lives of two henchmen, a boxer, a gangster’s wife and two robbers intertwine in four stories of violence and redemption. • Original title: Pulp Fiction• Media tested: UHD• Genre: detective, drama• Year: 1994• Director: Quentin Tarantino• Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, … Read more
Tous les films, encore inconnus en France, de la première réalisatrice japonaise, dans une des plus remarquables éditions de l’année. Actrice mythique de l’âge d’or du cinéma japonais, immortalisée à l’écran par Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirô Ozu ou Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka fut aussi la première femme cinéaste de l’après-guerre au Japon. Elle réalisa six longs … Read more
4K picture: 4.5/5 Palme d’Or 1994 and cult film, pulp Fiction has been restored. The film was shot on 35MM film (Arriflex 35-III, Panavision Panaflex Gold II, Panavision Panaflex Lightweight and Panavision Panaflex Platinum) and the 4K Blu-ray, in the respected 2.39:1 format, is therefore from a 4K master with HEVC compression and Dolby … Read more
Artistic note: (3.5/5) Synopsis The story of a ship’s captain who ventures out West and only finds betrayal and jealousy on his way. As this reluctant hero finds himself caught up in a dangerous rivalry, he must resolve to save his own life and that of the woman he loves… • Original title: The Big … Read more
The 2022 South Korean romantic mystery film, Decision to leave, received critical acclaim, with Gotham and BIFA Award nominations, as well as a nod for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. The film also earned the director Park Chan-wook recognition of the Best Director Award at Cannes. Now, after becoming available to … Read more
The reminder of a terrible witch hunt in Czechoslovakia, at the end of the 17th century, by a filmmaker to discover. Moravia, 1670. For having stolen a host, believing that it was treating her cow which no longer gives milk, an old woman is accused of witchcraft. The lord of the country then summons a … Read more
The first big-spectacle Polish film, the work of an unfairly misunderstood filmmaker, too absent from our catalogues. To discover ! Poland, early 15th century. Originally a religious order intended to protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land, the Teutonic Knights created their own all-powerful state, establishing their commanderies all over Europe. Lord Jurand of Spychów … Read more
Bushido, imposing a strict submission of samurai to the lords of feudal Japan, may have permeated Japanese culture. Tokyo, early 1960s. Susumu Iikura is called by a hospital: his fiancée Kyoko has attempted suicide. On returning home, he opens the family archives recovered at the death of his mother and rereads the writings of his … Read more