La tendre ennemie (1936)

 

Two ghosts return to Earth to stop a young woman from marrying a man she doesn't love.

Good-hearted and humorous ghost tale with a morale; entertaining for what it is, but not too remarkable.

Halliwell*: "Decorative whimsy which is not among its director's best, but mildly amusing none the less." 

 

 

Les Amants de Montparnasse (1958)

 

 

Biographic movie about the last year of the famous Italian painter Modigliani.

Masterfully directed and photographed melodrama perfectly assimilates its genre - the misunderstood, self-tortured genius artist who hurts and betrays all those (mainly women) who love him despite all his behaviour.
 

Halliwell*: "Moderate biopic, though with an unconvincing performance by Philipe."

Maltin**1/2: "Unusual biography...plays up the women in his life but at the same time presents a harshly realistic view of the Parisian art world and its denizens. Philipe is fine as the impoverished, boozing - and romantic - lead."

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The Movies I Watched in July

20,000 Days on Earth 2014  7

Les amants de Montparnasse 1958  7

Beware of Mr. Baker 2012  6
The Book of Eli 2010  6
Cause For Alarm! 1951  6
Crawl 2019  5
Dear Murderer 1947  6
Duran Duran: Unstaged 2014  6
Emma. 2020  6
The Fall 2019  7

Family Romance, LLC 2019  7

First Man 2018  6
Guilty Bystander 1950  6
Halloween 2018  6
Heart of Darkness 1993  6
I am Not a Serial Killer 2016  6
I Called Him Morgan 2016  7

Ida B. Wells: A Passion For Justice 1989  6
L'inconnu du lac 2013  6
Lock Up 1989  6
Malchik russkiy 2019  7

 
The Maidens of Fetish Street 1966  5
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 2013  6
My Cousin Rachel 1952  7

Numéro deux 1975  6
Primer 2004  6
Shanty Tramp 1967  5
Sicilia! 1999  7

Spring Night Summer Night 1967  7

La tendre ennemie 1936  6
Victor Frankenstein 2015  6

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

A young woman falls for a playboy musician and both of their lives are predestined to tragedy.

On the surface a very stirring woman's picture this masterpiece delves into a much deeper and utterly perverse subtext: the indifferent and hollow bon vivant versus the stalking and remorselessly loving woman.

A chilling moment, when she tells us that she spends every night below her beloved's window:

"Off I went, not home, but to the only place that had ever seemed home to me. Night after night... I returned to the same spot, but you never noticed me until one evening..."