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Bed And Board (1970 Film)
''Bed and Board'' () is a 1970 romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by François Truffaut, and starring Jean-Pierre Léaud and Claude Jade. It is the fourth in Truffaut's series of five films about Antoine Doinel, and directly follows '' Stolen Kisses'' (1968), depicting the married life of Antoine (Léaud) and Christine (Jade). '' Love on the Run'' concluded the story in 1979. Plot Antoine and Christine are now married and living in a small apartment in Paris that her parents have found for them. In it, she gives violin lessons, while he works in the courtyard dyeing carnations for flower shops. When his experiments with colouring agents backfire, he loses his job. He learns that an American hydraulics company is hiring and, despite speaking very little English, Antoine applies for the job. His opponent is a much more qualified candidate with a letter of recommendation that proves it. However, the company's owner ends up believing the letter refers to Antoine, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut ( , ; ; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. He came under the tutelage of film critic Andre Bazin as a young man and was hired to write for Bazin's ''Cahiers du Cinéma'', where he became a proponent of the auteur, ''auteur'' theory, which posits that a film's director is its true author. ''The 400 Blows'' (1959), starring Jean-Pierre Léaud as Truffaut's alter-ego Antoine Doinel, was a defining film of the New Wave. Truffaut supplied the story for another milestone of the movement, Breathless (1960 film), ''Breathless'' (1960), directed by his ''Cahiers'' colleague Jean-Luc Godard. His other notable films include ''Shoot the Piano Player'' (1960), ''Jules and Jim'' (1962), ''The Soft Skin'' (1964), ''Two English Girls'' (1971) and ''The Last Metro'' (1980). Truffaut's Day for Night (film), ''Day for Night'' (1973) earned him the BAFTA Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love On The Run (1979 Film)
''Love on the Run'' () is a 1979 French romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by François Truffaut, his fifth and final film about the character Antoine Doinel. Told in nonlinear fashion, with frequent flashbacks to the four previous films, it stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade, Dani and Dorothée. It was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Years after their reconciliation, Antoine and his wife Christine are in the midst of divorce procedurals. While both take turns taking care of their son Alphonse, Antoine is dating Sabine, a record shop clerk. One day, as Antoine and Christine are leaving the courthouse after finalising their divorce, he is spotted by an ex-girlfriend of his, defense lawyer Colette. This makes her curious about Antoine and she goes to a bookstore after learning that he wrote a semi-autobiographical novel years before. The store's owner, Xavier, is Colette's current boyfriend, but she is uns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home video, home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films". A "sister company" of art film, arthouse film distributor Janus Films, Criterion serves film and media scholars, Cinephilia, cinephiles and public and academic libraries. Criterion has helped to standardize certain aspects of home-video releases such as Film preservation, film restoration, the Letterboxing (filming), letterboxing format for widescreen films and the inclusion of bonus features such as scholarly essays and documentary content about the films and filmmakers. Criterion most notably pioneered the use of Audio commentary, commentary tracks. Criterion has produced and distributed more than 1,200 special editions of its films in VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray formats and box sets. These films and their special features are also available v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach (born September 3, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making light comedies set in New York City and his works are inspired by filmmakers such as Woody Allen and Whit Stillman. His frequent collaborators include Wes Anderson, Adam Driver, and his wife, Greta Gerwig. Baumbach first gained attention for his early films ''Kicking and Screaming (1995 film), Kicking and Screaming'' (1995), and ''Mr. Jealousy'' (1997). His breakthrough film ''The Squid and the Whale'' (2005) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He first collaborated with Gerwig on ''Greenberg (film), Greenberg'' (2010) and their collaborations continued with ''Frances Ha'' (2013), ''Mistress America'' (2015), ''White Noise (2022 film), White Noise'' (2022), and ''Barbie (film), Barbie'' (2023). His other films include ''Margot at the Wedding'' (2007), ''While We're Young (film), While We're Young'' (2014), and ''The Meyerowitz Stories'' (2017). His fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Board Of Review Awards 1971
43rd National Board of Review Awards January 3, 1972 The 43rd National Board of Review Awards were announced on January 3, 1972. Top Ten Films #''Macbeth'' #'' The Boy Friend'' #''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' #'' The French Connection'' #''The Last Picture Show'' #''Nicholas and Alexandra'' #'' The Go-Between'' #''King Lear'' #''The Tales of Beatrix Potter'' #''Death in Venice'' Top Foreign Films #''Claire's Knee'' #'' Bed and Board'' #'' The Clowns'' #'' The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' #''The Conformist'' Winners *Best Film: **''Macbeth'' *Best Foreign Film: **''Claire's Knee'' *Best Actor: **Gene Hackman - '' The French Connection'' *Best Actress: **Irene Papas - ''The Trojan Women'' *Best Supporting Actor: ** Ben Johnson - ''The Last Picture Show'' *Best Supporting Actress: **Cloris Leachman - ''The Last Picture Show'' *Best Director: **Ken Russell - '' The Devils'', '' The Boy Friend'' References External links [...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] |
Beaufort Books
Midpoint Trade Books, Inc. is a Sales, Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ..., and Distribution Company founded by Eric M. Kampmann and Chris Bell in 1996. Midpoint represents over 250 independent publishers across the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Australia, and Ireland. Midpoint's sales team presents to both national and regional big-box and specialty accounts across the United States and Canada. Kampmann & Company also owns publishing companies Spencer Hill Press and Beaufort Books. Beaufort includes the imprints Moyer Bell and Papier-Mache Press. Beaufort Books famously published the O.J Simpson hypothetical tell-all book If I Did It. By court order, all proceeds from and rights to the bestselling book belong to the family of murder victim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsieur Hulot
Monsieur Hulot () is a character created and played by French comic Jacques Tati for a series of films in the 1950s through the early '70s, namely ''Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot'' (1953), ''Mon Oncle'' (1958), ''Playtime'' (1967) and ''Trafic'' (1971). The character of Hulot (although played by another actor) also appears briefly in François Truffaut's ''Bed and Board (1970 film), Bed & Board'' (1970). He is recognized by his overcoat, pipe and hat, and his distinctive lurching walk. He is clumsy and somewhat naive of the evolving world around him, but still has a friendly, well-meaning, and good-natured persona. His escapades usually involved clashes with technology and the problems of living in an increasingly impersonal and gadgetized world. In ''Trafic'', Hulot, the designer of a new camper-car, "struggles valiantly... against the perpetual roadblocks of cars, policemen, bureaucrats and just people". The name of "Monsieur Hulot" is believed to echo "Charlot," the French n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Cottin
Jacques Cottin was a French costume designer whose films included ''Jour de fête'' (1949), ''Mon oncle'' (1958), and ''Playtime'' (1967), for Jacques Tati. In 1970 he had a cameo in François Truffaut's '' Bed and Board'', playing the character of Monsieur Hulot Monsieur Hulot () is a character created and played by French comic Jacques Tati for a series of films in the 1950s through the early '70s, namely ''Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot'' (1953), ''Mon Oncle'' (1958), ''Playtime'' (1967) and ''Trafic'' ..., made famous by Tati. External links * French costume designers Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{France-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Léotard
Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 2001) was a French actor, poet and singer. Biography He was born in Nice, one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of which he was the oldest - and was the brother of politician François Léotard. His childhood was normal except for an illness ( rheumatic fever) which struck him and forced him to spend days in bed during which time he read a great many books. He was particularly fond of the poets - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Blaise Cendrars. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964. Together with students of the '' L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq'', they formed the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble, Théâtre du Soleil. He played Philippe, the tormented son of a woman with terminal illness in the 1974 drama film '' La Gueule ouverte'' by the controversial director Maurice Pialat. He won a César Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Irakane
Marie may refer to the following. People Given name * Marie (given name) Marie is a variation of the feminine given name Maria (name), Maria. It is also the standard form of the name in Czech language, Czech, and is also used, either as a variant of Mary (name), Mary or Maria (name), Maria or a borrowing from French, i ..., including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** List of people named Marie * Marie (Japanese given name) Surname * Jean Gabriel-Marie, French composer * Jean Gabriel Marie (1907–1970), his son, French romantic composer Arts, entertainment and media Film, television and stage * Marie (1980 TV series), ''Marie'' (1980 TV series), an American television show * Marie (1985 film), ''Marie'' (1985 film), an American biography of Marie Ragghianti * Marie (2020 film), ''Marie'' (2020 film), a documentary short about homebirths * Marie (talk show), ''Marie'' (talk show), hosted by Marie Osmond * Marie (TV pilot), ''Marie'' (TV pilot), a 1979 Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Kearns
Billy Kearns (17 February 1923 – 27 November 1992) was an American actor. Biography During World War II, Kearns fought in the Army's newly founded 10th Mountain Division created for fighting in mountainous areas. His acting career took place almost entirely in France, acting often in minor roles in TV films or on motion pictures, as soon as an American or British character was required for the cast. He is best known for portraying fictional character Bill Ballantine in the French 1965 TV series ''Bob Morane''. Partial filmography *'' The Roots of Heaven'' (1958) – Sarcastic Man in Bar (uncredited) *''Un témoin dans la ville'' (1959) – Le soldat américain *'' Two Men in Manhattan'' (1959) – L'homme de la sécurité à la Ridgewood Tavern *''Monsieur Robinson Crusoe'' (1960) *''Purple Noon'' (1960) – Freddy Miles * ''Women Are Like That'' (1960) – Charlie Ribban *''La Fête espagnole'' (1961) – Kunk *''Three Faces of Sin'' (1961) – Un client *''A Touch of Treas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
