Nostalgia *** by Mario Martone Italian film, 1 h 57 During his presentation at Cannes last May, this unclassifiable film went relatively unnoticed, crushed by the heavyweights of the competition. A discretion which is as much due to the personality of its director, Mario Martone, man of the theater and rare filmmaker, oscillating between documentary … Read more
There are three categories of ghosts, one of which we must avoid. In popular culture, ghosts are often depicted as cute and endearing creatures like casper, or as frightening beings that haunt a particular place or person. However, most people think of ghosts as fictional objects and not real beings. According to the Catholic Church, … Read more
There are three categories of ghosts, one of which we must avoid. In popular culture, ghosts are often depicted as cute and endearing creatures like casper, or as frightening beings that haunt a particular place or person. However, most people think of ghosts as fictional objects and not real beings.According to the Catholic Church, “ghosts” … Read more
Have you ever noticed the closeness between ghosts and fantasy? Semantic proximity? Yes. The two words are similar because they have the same origin, a Greek term which means mental image, image offered to the mind. Ghosts, like fantasy, have no materiality, they are the fruit of our mind. I suggest that we take this … Read more
On a street in Calcutta, capital of West Bengal in northwest India. (Source : Flickr) The novel wounds of the dead takes us from the depths of the Indian countryside to the afterlife, while the news of The Awakening of the Nothing plunge us into the slums of Calcutta. Banyan editions, a small house specializing … Read more
Arnaud Desplechin surprises with the amazing “Sibling” (in competition – also in theaters since May 20), the story of a pathological hatred between a sister (Marion Cotillard) and a brother (Melvil Poupaud) who avoid each other. The film then undertakes an unpredictable path, generating both dissonance and burlesque, seriousness and humor, violent reality and fantasy. … Read more
Bamboo editions publish Movie Ghosts, by Stephen Desberg and Attila Futaki. Highly referenced, moored in the City of Angels, the album features an investigator who has the particularity of… conversing with the dead. Billy Wilder, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, David Cronenberg, David Lynch: at all times, Hollywood has been the subject of little descriptions to its … Read more