"Forty-three years since the release of À Bout de Souffle (Out of Breath), Jean-Luc Godard has still got it. And like his first film, the English title (in that case, Breathless) incorrectly represents the essence of this intricate work. "In Praise of Love" suggests a joyous celebration, but in actuality, Éloge de l'Amour (Eulogy for Love) is a meditation on life, love, and particularly loss. The 2001 film is highly reminiscent of Godar ..."
"This smooth and smart French thriller combines Robert Altman's style of juggling multiple storylines with Alfred Hitchcock's genius for psychological tension. After Betty Fisher (Sandrine Kiberlain) loses her son to an accident, her mentally unstable mother (Nicole Garcia) kidnaps a similar-looking boy from a poor neighborhood of Paris, setting in motion a kaleidoscope of stories involving the kidnapped boy's trashy mother (who doesn't ..."
"This smooth and smart French thriller combines Robert Altman's style of juggling multiple storylines with Alfred Hitchcock's genius for psychological tension. After Betty Fisher (Sandrine Kiberlain) loses her son to an accident, her mentally unstable mother (Nicole Garcia) kidnaps a similar-looking boy from a poor neighborhood of Paris, setting in motion a kaleidoscope of stories involving the kidnapped boy's trashy mother (who doesn't ..."
"The title alone of this 1998 film by Manuel Pradal instantly conjures memories of Jacques Demy's 1963 Baie des Anges ("Bay of Angels"), a free-spirited ode to the loveliness of youth set against the sunny Riviera. Pradal's film also deals with young people in the same locale, but the tone is entirely different. Marie (Vahina Giocante), a 14-year-old girl, divides her time between hanging out with kids her own age--many of them homeless ..."
Reel San Francisco Stories(1st Edition) An Annotated Filmography of the Bay Area by ChristopherPollock Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2013 by Castor & Pollux P. ISBN-13: 978-0-578-13042-2, ISBN: 0-578-13042-4
Golden Gate Park(1st Edition) San Francisco's Urban Oasis in Vintage Postcards (CA) (Postcard History Series) by ChristopherPollock Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2003 by Arcadia Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7385-2853-3, ISBN: 0-7385-2853-6