Skip to content

The Perfect Boredom

In the Mood for Movies

  • Reviews
  • Lists
  • Bests of the Year
  • Watch-Alongs
  • Streaming
  • Extra Takes
  • My Letterboxd

Tag: french

The Taste of Things (2023)

The Taste of Things (2023)

February 25, 2024March 10, 2024

As the saying goes, film is a visual medium. But it’s often easy to overlook the importance of sound, even though the introduction of synchronized

Continue Reading

Athena (2022)

Athena (2022)

October 23, 2022January 1, 2023

You hear the term “muscular filmmaking” thrown around a lot when it comes to Athena, but that doesn’t quite do justice to how steroidally jacked

Continue Reading

Petite Maman (2022)

Petite Maman (2022)

May 29, 2022January 1, 2023

Celine Sciamma’s last film was the dazzling and widely acclaimed Portrait of a Lady on Fire in 2019, but she has been quietly making some

Continue Reading

Tomboy (2011)

Tomboy (2011)

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021

In the last 15 years, Céline Sciamma has established herself as one of the most exciting and important women filmmakers in world cinema. Although Sciamma’s 2019

Continue Reading

Diabolique (1955)

Diabolique (1955)

October 11, 2020October 18, 2020

Titled Les Diaboliques in Frances, and Diabolique in America, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s classic film memorably concludes with a title card begging his viewers: “Don’t be devils

Continue Reading

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

All Rights Reserved 2023.
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Mag and News by Candid Themes.