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L’Aîné Des Ferchaux
''Magnet of Doom'' (, "The Elder Ferchaux"), also known as ''An Honorable Young Man'', is a 1963 French noir film, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, based on the novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. Synopsis In Paris the young ex-paratrooper and would-be boxer Michel Maudet loses his first big fight and is sacked by his manager. Needing a job, he answers an ad for a male secretary able to travel and is hired on the spot by Dieudonné Ferchaux, senior partner of a failing bank who has a criminal past. Without telling his girl friend Lina, whom he leaves penniless, that night he flies with Ferchaux to New York. Next morning, Ferchaux is able to collect millions of dollars from his safe-deposit box but cannot touch his US bank account because the French authorities are seeking his extradition. He has more money in Caracas, but doesn't want to go there yet. Hiring a car, he and Maudet drive by back roads to Louisiana, shadowed by immigration agents. He makes a stop at the birthp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success. His works include the crime dramas ''Bob le flambeur'' (1956), ''Le Doulos'' (1962), ''Le Samouraï'' (1967), and ''Le Cercle Rouge'' (1970), and the war films ''Le Silence de la mer (1949 film), Le Silence de la mer'' (1949) and ''Army of Shadows'' (1969). Melville's subject matter and approach to film making was influenced by his service in the French Resistance during World War II, during which he adopted the ''nom de guerre'' (pseudonym) 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over. His sparse, existentialist but stylish approach to film noir and later neo-noir films, many of them Crime film, crime dramas, have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man And Boy (play)
''Man and Boy'' is a play by Terence Rattigan. It was first performed at The Queen's Theatre, London, and Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York, in 1963, with Charles Boyer starring as Gregor Antonescu. It had a Broadway revival in 2011 with Frank Langella and Adam Driver. Synopsis The play is a study of a ruthless, sociopathic businessman: his inability to love and the impact of this on others (notably, his son and his wife). The central character Gregor Antonescu was based on the lives of Ivar Kreuger, the Swedish Match King, and Samuel Insull the Anglo-American investor. Cast and characters Production history The play, directed by Michael Benthall, originally opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway on November 12, 1963. It was poorly received, with a limited London run and only 54 performances on Broadway; but was revived by Maria Aitken in 2005 at the Duchess Theatre, London, with David Suchet as Gregor Antonescu, to great acclaim. Maria Aitken again directed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Leader
''The New Leader'' (1924–2010) was an American political and cultural magazine. History ''The New Leader'' began in 1924 under a group of figures associated with the Socialist Party of America, such as Eugene V. Debs and Norman Thomas. It was published in New York City by the American Labor Conference on International Affairs. Its orientation was liberal and anti-communist. The Tamiment Institute was its primary supporter. In its second decade, the magazine's overall politics shifted: Editors * 1924-1940: James Oneal, founding editor * 1936-1960: Sol Levitas, managing editor * 1940-1960: Sol Levitas, executive editor ** 1945-1950: Liston M. Oak, managing editor ** 1950-1960: Suzanne La Follette, managing editor ** 1960-1961: Myron Kolatch, managing editor * 1960-2006: Myron Kolatch, executive editor Contributors Its contributors were prominent liberal thinkers and artists. ''The New Leader'' was the first to publish Joseph Brodsky and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Simon (critic)
John Ivan Simon (né Simmon; May 12, 1925 − November 24, 2019) was an American writer and literary, theater, and film critic. After spending his early years in Belgrade, he moved to the United States, serving in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and studying at Harvard University. Beginning in the 1950s, he wrote arts criticism for a variety of publications, including a 36-year tenure as theatre critic for ''New York'' magazine, and latterly as a blogger. His reviews were known for their sardonic comments and negative disposition; his obituary in ''The New York Times'' called him a "caustic" critic who "saw little that he liked", and ''The Washington Post'' reported that a published collection of 245 film reviews that he wrote contained only 15 positive ones. His controversial writing style, which could include harsh remarks about the physical appearances of performers, led to accusations of bigotry, public rebukes from fellow critics, and confrontations wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Monet
Oscar-Claude Monet (, ; ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of Impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions of nature, especially as applied to ''En plein air, ''plein air'''' (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting ''Impression, Sunrise, Impression, soleil levant'', which was exhibited in 1874 at the First Impressionist Exhibition, initiated by Monet and a number of like-minded artists as an alternative to the Salon (Paris), Salon. Monet was raised in Le Havre, Normandy, and became interested in the outdoors and drawing from an early age. Although his mother, Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, supported his ambitions to be a painter, his father, Claude-Adolphe, disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auteur
An (; , ) is an artist with a distinctive approach, usually a film director whose filmmaking control is so unbounded and personal that the director is likened to the "author" of the film, thus manifesting the director's unique style or thematic focus. As an unnamed value, auteurism originated in French film criticism of the late 1940s, and derives from the critical approach of André Bazin and Alexandre Astruc, whereas American critic Andrew Sarris in 1962 called it auteur theory. Yet the concept first appeared in French in 1955 when director François Truffaut termed it ''policy of the authors'', and interpreted the films of some directors, like Alfred Hitchcock, as a body revealing recurring themes and preoccupations. American actor Jerry Lewis directed his own 1960 film '' The Bellboy'' via sweeping control, and was praised for "personal genius". By 1970, the New Hollywood era had emerged with studios granting directors broad leeway. Pauline Kael argued, however, that "a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinéaste (magazine)
''Cinéaste'' is an American quarterly film magazine that was established in 1967. History and profile The first issue of ''Cinéaste'' was published in Summer 1967. The launching company was Cineaste Publishers, Inc. The founder and editor-in-chief is Gary Crowdus. It is published quarterly. ''Cineaste'' publishes reviews, in-depth analyses and interviews with actors, filmmakers etc. The magazine is independently operated from New York City with no financial ties to any film studios or academic institutions. Publication of the magazine is, however, made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Politics The journal ''Jump Cut'' cited the magazine as contributing to left politics in the United States. The ''Jump Cut'' editors wrote: "Cinéaste has provided information and analysis unavailable elsewhere, and by so doing it has helped build a stronger left film culture in the U.S. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Geffen Hall
David Geffen Hall is a concert hall at Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The 2,200-seat auditorium opened in 1962, and is the home of the New York Philharmonic. The facility, designed by Max Abramovitz, was originally named Philharmonic Hall and was renamed Avery Fisher Hall in honor of philanthropist Avery Fisher, who donated $10.5 million ($ million today) to the orchestra in 1973. In November 2014, Lincoln Center officials announced Fisher's name would be removed from the Hall so that naming rights could be sold to the highest bidder as part of a $500 million fund-raising campaign to refurbish the Hall. In 2015, the Hall acquired its present name after David Geffen donated $100 million to the Lincoln Center. Renovations 20th-century renovations The Hall underwent extensive renovations in 1976, to address acoustical problems that had been present since its opening. Another, smaller renovation attempted to address still-unresolved prob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Films Shown At The New York Film Festival
This is a list of feature-length films (at least 45 minutes) shown at the New York Film Festival. Films previously released in the U.S. and screened as retrospectives are not included. Films at the first New York Film Festival (1963) * Opening Night: The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, Mexico) * Closing Night: Sweet and Sour (Jacques Baratier, France) * All the Way Home (Alex Segal, USA) * An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujirō Ozu, Japan) * Barravento (Glauber Rocha, Brazil) * Elektra at Epidaurus (Ted Zarpas, Greece) * The Fiances (Ermanno Olmi, Italy) * Glory Sky ( Takis Kanellopoulos, Greece) * In the Midst of Life (Robert Enrico, France) * Hallelujah the Hills (Adolfas Mekas, USA) * Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, Japan) * Knife in the Water (Roman Polanski, Poland) * Le Joli Mai (Chris Marker, France) * Love in the Suburbs ( Tamás Fejér, Hungary) * Magnet of Doom (Jean-Pierre Melville, France) * Muriel, or The Time of Return (Alain Resnais, France) * RoGoPaG (Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrex (actor)
Andrex (1907–1989) was a French film actor.Andrew p.125 Andrex was a close friend of the comedian Fernandel and appeared in many films alongside him. He was married to the actress Ginette Baudin. Partial filmography * ''Toine'' (1932) * ''Le coq du régiment'' (1933) * ''Les Bleus de la marine'' (1934) − Le lieutenant * '' Angèle'' (1934) − Louis * ''Toni'' (1935) − Gabi * ''Ferdinand le noceur'' (1935) − Un client du bordel (uncredited) * ''La brigade en jupons'' (1936) * '' Josette'' (1937) − Lucien * ''Les dégourdis de la 11ème'' (1937) − Le sergent * '' Ignace'' (1937) − Serge de Montroc * '' Life Dances On'' (1937) − Paul * '' Gribouille'' (1937) − Robert * ''L'affaire du courrier de Lyon'' (1937) − L'avocat de Lesurques * ''La Marseillaise'' (1938) − Honoré Arnaud * '' The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938) − Robert Cerani * '' Barnabé'' (1938) − André Dubreuil * '' Paid Holidays'' (1938) − Gangster #1 * ''The Tamer'' (1938) − Bertrand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
