A Christmas Carol (1938)
Synopsis: Four Ghosts. One Miracle. Oh Glorious, Glorious Day! “May it haunt [my readers’] houses pleasantly,” Charles Dickens wrote in the preface to his A Christmas Carol. This 1938 version […]
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The Night Before
Synopsis: Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night […]
The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
Synopsis: For five groundbreaking seasons, Canadian-bred comic prodigies THE KIDS IN THE HALL stretched sketch comedy to its ultimate limits with hilariously off-the-wall results. Now they’ve returned with THE KIDS […]
La guerre du feu
Synopsis: Set 80,000 years ago, this accomplished “cinematic spectacle” (‘New York Magazine’) follows the lives of four tribes of early man – each with their own customs and stages of […]
Enter the Void
Synopsis: Controversial and brilliant director Gasper Noe follows his worldwide sensation Irreversible with another triumph. Enter The Void is Noe’s most assured and haunting film yet, a “head trip” a […]
I Would Die 4 U
Summary: Drawing on new research and enlivened by Touré’s unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with Prince’s band members, former girlfriends, musicologists, […]
Nightmare at Shadow Woods
Synopsis: What do you get if you combine Thanksgiving, American TV star Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), killer 80s synths and some of the most gruesome special effects in […]
Mylène Farmer: Music Videos IV
Synopsis: n/a *********************************************************************** Mylène Farmer: Music Videos IV 6.75 eyelights: the quality of the video productions. eyesores: the songs. After the disappointment of ‘Innamoramento‘, I became more of a passive […]
The Fade Out, Act Three
Synopsis: The final act of the bestselling Hollywood noir comic from the award-winning team of Brubaker and Phillips! *********************************************************************** The Fade Out, Act Three, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips […]
Mylène Farmer: Music Videos III
Synopsis: n/a *********************************************************************** Mylène Farmer: Music Videos III 7.0 eyelights: the quality of the video productions. eyesores: the songs. After ‘Anamorphosée’, I couldn’t get enough of Mylène Farmer; for me, […]
The Fade Out, Act Two
Synopsis: BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS’ newest hit series, THE FADE OUT is an epic noir set in the world of noir itself, the backlots and bars of Hollywood at the end […]
Boyz n the Hood
Synopsis: BOYZ N THE HOOD is the critically acclaimed story of three friends growing up in a South Central Los Angeles neighbourhood. It is a place where harmony co-exists with […]
Mylène Farmer: Music Videos II
Synopsis: n/a *********************************************************************** Mylène Farmer: Music Videos II 7.5 eyelights: Que mon cœur lâche. XXL. Comme j’ai mal. Farmer’s then-new glamourous look. eyesores: its brevity. its less cinematic quality. its […]
