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French Connections: François Truffaut, Tsai Ming-Liang, Jerry Lewis

13 November 2009 6:36 AM, PST | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »

Updated through 11/13.

François Truffaut: A Winter Portrait, running Tuesdays through December 22 at the French Institute Alliance Française in New York, showcases the less-heralded work of the 1970s. "The 'efficiency' of his output during the decade could be cause for quality-control concerns," writes Justin Stewart in the L Magazine. "Nearly always using the same small crew, the same cinematographer (the great Nestor Almendros), and making his own Hitchcockian cameos, Truffaut produced a run of films that have an unsurprisingly similar tenor, even as he seesawed from melodrama (The Story of Adele H.) to a lighthearted kids romp (Small Change). It's because all is nuance in them. Elements like the relentlessness of Adele H.'s devotion to love itself (not the man), which that led Pauline Kael to consider it a half-comedy, or the horrifying windowsill leap by a kid in Small Change, pull the movies back from the edge of »

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Getting Versed in Versus Movies

31 March 2009 9:43 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

There has to be no easier movie pitch than unveiling a "versus" in the title. Everyone, even studio heads, has at one time or another dwelt on the existential question of "who would win in a fight?" The conflict is clear, the characters are established, the action implied -- all they have to do is sign on the bottom line. Sci-fi has especially benefited from the built-in allure of this most savage of titling decisions -- from the endless "Godzilla" fight cards to the recent "Alien vs. Predator" franchise, mano y mano monster throwdowns have made a mint at the box office, especially when established geek properties square off. Often a sign that a character has run his or her course into camp ("Freddy vs. Jason" or "Dracula vs. Frankenstein"), the more resourceful of these films exceed their built-in limitations. DreamWorks is trying to milk that "versus" mojo for their animated 3D spectacle "Monsters vs. »

- R. Emmet Sweeney

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The Projection Booth 3/27/09

27 March 2009 4:26 PM, PDT | MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news »

People had best get out of my face in The Projection Booth today.  What’s with customer service?  Why does everyone in the world need to be so freaking incompetent?  Not you, Ugo reader, but them.  Let’s see what’s going on in the cinema today. Let’s see some real monsters versus some real aliens!  Cinematical sets up the matches. Denise Richards: Nuclear Physicist.  DenOfGeek has this and 19 other star/profession mismatches. The New York Times oh so wittily pairs movie quotes and the current NYC political climate. Betty Page Vulcan?  Yes, please. Few directors have maintained their underground cred better than Neil Marshall has.  Doomsday tanking at the box office, I’m sure, has something to do with this.  Rotten Tomatoes has exclusive video from the set of Centurion and we are so Roman-ly stoked for this.  Yes, that’s McNulty in armour! Glenn Kenny gushes »

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The Projection Booth 3/27/09

27 March 2009 4:26 PM, PDT | MovieBlog.Ugo.com | See recent Ugo MovieBlog news »

People had best get out of my face in The Projection Booth today.  What’s with customer service?  Why does everyone in the world need to be so freaking incompetent?  Not you, Ugo reader, but them.  Let’s see what’s going on in the cinema today. Let’s see some real monsters versus some real aliens!  Cinematical sets up the matches. Denise Richards: Nuclear Physicist.  DenOfGeek has this and 19 other star/profession mismatches. The New York Times oh so wittily pairs movie quotes and the current NYC political climate. Betty Page Vulcan?  Yes, please. Few directors have maintained their underground cred better than Neil Marshall has.  Doomsday tanking at the box office, I’m sure, has something to do with this.  Rotten Tomatoes has exclusive video from the set of Centurion and we are so Roman-ly stoked for this.  Yes, that’s McNulty in armour! Glenn Kenny gushes »

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Blu-Ray Review: Criterion Continues Blu-Ray Expansion With Pair of Truffaut Classics

26 March 2009 1:20 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0 Chicago – The Criterion Collection continues its foray into the world of HD with one of the most beloved directors of all time, taking a film already in the collection and giving it the HD treatment while simultaneously releasing a new edition of one of his later films. The legend is Francois Truffaut and the films are “The 400 Blows” and “The Last Metro”.

The “continuing series of important classic and contemporary films” has long-included “The 400 Blows” but this marks the first time that the film has been available on Blu-Ray. Criterion just started doing Blu-Ray and they are wisely alternating bringing some of their most popular films to the format along with issuing new releases on it.

The 400 Blows was released on Blu-Ray on March 24th, 2009.

Photo credit: Courtesy of the Criterion Collection

“The 400 Blows” is actually Truffaut’s first film. Released in 1959, this classic »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Blu-ray Review: Truffaut's '400 Blows' and 'Last Metro' on Criterion Blu-ray

24 March 2009 4:46 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Jean-Pierre Leaud in The 400 Blows

Photo: Criterion Collection Blu-ray via DVD Beaver I debated on writing individual reviews for Criterion's Blu-ray releases of The 400 Blows and The Last Metro, both hitting store shelves on March 24, but I couldn't help believe director Francois Truffaut is just as interesting as the films he made, if not more interesting. It was that angle I wanted to bring to my commentary and I didn't see how that would be possible or helpful to the reader if broken up into two parts. Before receiving my review copies of The 400 Blows and The Last Metro I already owned 400 Blows as well as Truffaut's Jules and#038; Jim on DVD as part of my Janus Collection, but I had not watched either. I was a Truffaut virgin and had actually held off watching 400 Blows since owning the collection because I knew the Blu-ray would be »

- Brad Brevet

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