“The girl who cried pearls”: a love letter to Montreal in stop motion

On the occasion of its presentation at Cinemania, The girl who cried pearlsfrom the Montreal duo Clyde Henry Productions (Maciek Szczerbowski and Chris Lavis), reminds us that frame-by-frame animation is as much about asceticism as it is about enchantment. Maciek Szczerbowski readily speaks of a “Frankenstein complex” specific to the profession: “At one point, I … Read more

Movie theater. The American press excited by Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”, a “sumptuous melodrama”

For anyone familiar with Guillermo del Toro’s filmography, it is no surprise that the Mexican filmmaker has a passion for Frankenstein. The surprise would rather be that we had to wait until his 13the feature film, released this November 7 on Netflix, to adapt the classic gothic novel dating from 1818. And the American press … Read more

Nuremberg | A historical drama lacking boldness

Sorry, your browser does not support videos. Several recent films devoted to the Second World War and its aftermath are characterized by a combination of heavily codified elements: hyper-polished Dantesque wide shots, dusty chiaroscuro interiors, dripping military music and endless verdigris coloring. Published on November 7 This is what awaits us from the first minutes … Read more