Three years ago this month, on the day that we learnt of the passing of the great Jacques Rivette, I wrote an article on his posters in which I said, while bemoaning the lack of great Rivette posters, that “his adaptation of Denis Diderot’s La religieuse, starring Anna Karina, seems to have inspired the most varied work (so much in fact that I will save most of it for a later post).” I’ve since also done a piece on Anna Karina’s posters (albeit for her lesser-known films), but it is only now, upon the re-release of a gorgeous restoration of La religieuse at Film Forum in New York, that I am finally fulfilling my promise to delve deep into posters for Rivette’s 1966 masterpiece, better known here as The Nun.The most iconic poster for the film is René Ferracci’s simple and elegant montage of illustration...
- 1/11/2019
- MUBI
"Do you feel any stirrings?" Studiocanal UK has debuted a new trailer for the upcoming UK re-release of the French drama The Nun, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966. Not to be confused with the horror movie also known as The Nun opening in theaters this summer. Jacques Rivette's third feature didn't win any awards at the time it was released, but did end up with rave reviews and is now considered a French classic. The Nun is getting 4K restoration and re-release, along with an obvious Blu-ray release as well. Set in the 18th century, the film is about a young girl who is sent to a convent against her will. When she asks to renounce her vows, she finds herself caught in a fatal trap. Anna Karina stars as Suzanne, "The Nun", and the cast includes Liselotte Pulver, Micheline Presle, Francine Bergé, Francisco Rabal, and Christiane Lénier.
- 7/9/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Following its initial premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 52 years ago, Jacques Rivette’s breathtaking French drama The Nun – also known by its French title La religieuse – is getting a 4K restoration and a theatrical run. Overseen by Ms. Veronique Manniez-Rivette at L’Immagine Ritrovata, StudioCanal has now released a new remastered trailer for the film.
The new trailer is both riveting and tense, showcasing cinematographer Alain Levent’s striking imagery and teasing Rivette’s complex ideas. Often regarded as one of the most poignant works of French cinema, The Nun centers on Suzanne Simonin, a young woman who is forced to dedicate herself to a convent of nuns. Suzanne faces difficulty as she begins to challenge her newly instated vows – the institutional pressure weighing on her in the form of three superior mothers and their radical behavior.
The Nun–not to be confused with another film of the same...
The new trailer is both riveting and tense, showcasing cinematographer Alain Levent’s striking imagery and teasing Rivette’s complex ideas. Often regarded as one of the most poignant works of French cinema, The Nun centers on Suzanne Simonin, a young woman who is forced to dedicate herself to a convent of nuns. Suzanne faces difficulty as she begins to challenge her newly instated vows – the institutional pressure weighing on her in the form of three superior mothers and their radical behavior.
The Nun–not to be confused with another film of the same...
- 7/7/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Some like their comedy hot and some like it cold. Billy Wilder opted to step on the joke accelerator to see what top speed looked like. One of the most finely tuned comedies ever made, this political satire crams five hours’ worth of wit and sight gags into 115 minutes. The retirement-age James Cagney practically blows a fuse rattling through Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s high-pressure speeches, without slurring so much as a single syllable.
One, Two, Three
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1961 / B&W / 2:35 widescreen / 115 min. / Street Date May 30, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis,
Howard St. John, Hanns Lothar, Lilo Pulver
Cinematography Daniel L. Fapp
Production Designers Robert Stratil, Heinrich Weidemann
Art Direction Alexander Trauner
Film Editor Daniel Mandell
Original Music André Previn
Written by Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond from the play by Ferenc Molnar
Produced and Directed by Billy Wilder
How...
One, Two, Three
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1961 / B&W / 2:35 widescreen / 115 min. / Street Date May 30, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis,
Howard St. John, Hanns Lothar, Lilo Pulver
Cinematography Daniel L. Fapp
Production Designers Robert Stratil, Heinrich Weidemann
Art Direction Alexander Trauner
Film Editor Daniel Mandell
Original Music André Previn
Written by Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond from the play by Ferenc Molnar
Produced and Directed by Billy Wilder
How...
- 5/27/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
★★★★☆ The latest work from German auteur Douglas Sirk to get the Masters of Cinema treatment (following the rerelease of The Tarnished Angels earlier this month), 1958's A Time to Love and a Time to Die is remarkable not only for its sympathetic portrayal of disheartened and disenfranchised German soldiers towards the end of the Second World War, but also for its fine blend of sharp humour and sweeping CinemaScope melodrama. Starring John Gavin and Liselotte Pulver as the lovestruck Ernst Gräber and beautiful Hamburg resident Elisabeth, this is Sirk at the height of his Hollywood power.
Returning home to the burnt-out remnants of Hamburg after several long, cold years on the Russian-German Front, Gavin's square-jawed Gräber comes back to a city in ruins. With his parents' apartment block completely destroyed by enemy bombing raids, Gräber frantically searches the note-littered wall of the district to find some trace of his beloved family.
Returning home to the burnt-out remnants of Hamburg after several long, cold years on the Russian-German Front, Gavin's square-jawed Gräber comes back to a city in ruins. With his parents' apartment block completely destroyed by enemy bombing raids, Gräber frantically searches the note-littered wall of the district to find some trace of his beloved family.
- 9/24/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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