Archive for the Tag 'Jacques Tati'

THE ILLUSIONIST – Reviewed by Will

The Illusionist isn’t just the long-awaited second feature from Sylvain Chomet, the French animator who made 2003’s charmingly grotesque, hauntingly comic Triplets of Belleville. It’s also, in a sense, a new film from the great mime artist turned genius director Jacques Tati (Playtime, Mon Oncle), who died in 1982. Adapted from a semi-autobiographical script Tati [...]

1 comment Thursday 12 May 2011 | blogadmin | animation, blu-ray, foreign films, movie reviews, recommendations

PLAY TIME (Criterion Collection) – Reviewed by Jeremy

Beeping consoles. Whirring Fans. The sounds of malfunctioning, T.V. shopping-network-bought products. These are just a few of the things that come into mind when I hear the name Jacques Tati. Play Time (1973), while already having its place in the Criterion library, is now released unto us via the Blu-Ray disc format, and for [...]

0 comments Thursday 20 Aug 2009 | blogadmin | blu-ray, comedy, movie reviews, recommendations