Favourite 1950s movies
My top : East of Eden, Band wagon, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Les grandes manœuvres, Pillow talk, Sabrina, Mogambo, Love in the afternoon, Loving you (Elvis)and Les diaboliques
Favourite war comedy movies
My top : La grande vadrouille and Papy fait de la résistance
The Academy Awards in photos
Since 1929, the Academy Awards (Oscars) have been given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize cinema excellence.
Favourite crime comedy movies
My top 5 : Les tontons flingueurs, Le crime est notre affaire, Charade, Pauline detective and The thin man
Feel good and joyful movies
My top : You can’t take it with you, Merrily we live, Thorougly modern Millie, Bachelor father, The happiest millionaire, Explota explota, On the avenue (Une oand zindagi na milegi dobara
The 2016 Venice International Film Festival in photos
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest film festival ; it was founded in 1932. Each year, the festival takes place in Venice, late August or early September. The highest prize given to a film is Leone d’Oro (Golden Lion). Among movies rewarded by this honour, there are “Au revoir les enfants” by Louis…
The costume designer Joanna Johnston
Joanna Johnston is a costume designer mainly know for her work on the movies “The man from U.N.C.L.E” directed by Guy Ritchie (2015), “Impossible mission – Rogue Nation” by Christopher McQuarrie (2015) and “The boat that rocked” by Richard Curtis (2009). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume design in the Spielberg’s…
Favourite Films Noirs (1)
The term of “Film Noir” (literally “black film”) was invented by French film critics after the World War II, in 1946. The first critic who used this term was the French film critic Nino Frank. This kind of movie can be define as “a type of a crime film featuring cynical maleovolent characters in a…
The costume designer Charlotte David
Charlotte David is a French costume designer known namely for her work on the movies “Populaire” (2012), “OSS 117 Cairo Nest of spies” (2006) and “OSS 117 Rio doesn’t answer “ (2009). She was nominated three times as best costume designer (César Award) for these three movies. Populaire‘s costumes : “OSS 117, Rio doesn’t answer”…
The costume designer Daniel Orlandi
Daniel Orlandi is a costume designer working for movies but also series. He is known for the movies “Down with love” (2003), “Saving Mr Banks”, “Trumbo”, “Frost/Nixon” and “Jurassic Park” (2015).
The Old Hollywood costume designer Edith Head
Edith Head (1897-1981) was an American costume designer who worked with the most famous Hollywood actresses and directors like Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder. Between 1924 and 1967, she worked at the Paramount Pictures in the costume department. In 1967, she left Paramount to join Universal Pictures. She worked on many…
Favourite 1960s movies
My top : West side story, Splendor in the grass, Love with the proper stranger, Les tontons flingueurs, Anna (1967), Charade, Thorougly Modern Millie, Lucy in London, Oscar, Happiest millionaire and La grande vadrouille “Charade” directed by Stanley Donen and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. “A woman (Audrey Hepburn) is pursued by several men…
Favourite spy comedy movies
My top 3 : Les barbouzes, The man from UNCLE and OSS 117 (1)
