Mud is Jeff Nichols’ third feature, released in 2012 after the resounding success of Take Shelter. The cinematography was driven by Adam Stone with whom the director maintains a lasting relationship. The action takes place in Arkansas on the muddy coasts of the Mississippi. It is a story of impossible love, a story of discovery of […]
Movie Stills
The Timeless Imagery of Blade Runner
This is a cult movie that has become a major influence in pop culture over time. Before the upcoming release of Blade Runner 2049, we deliver an aesthetic analysis of Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott in 1982. The story takes place in a dystopian Los Angeles in 2019, it is a striking poetic reverie on […]
A revisited film-noir in color with Chinatown
A classic of the neo-noir genre directed by Roman Polanski in 1974, Chinatown is a film set in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. Starring Jack Nicholson who plays the role of Jake Gittes, a private detective haunted by the time where he was making his round in Chinatown, he got hired to expose a tawdry affair […]
Appreciate the Poetic Cinematography in Trois Couleurs : Bleu
Experience watching a movie without the sound, relaying only on visuals: you’ll start to see new layers of comprehension, association of ideas… This is why Trois Couleurs : Bleu is such a meaningful movie to me. Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski in 1993, it is the first part of the three-color triptych blue/white/red that successively explores France’s motto: “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”. […]
The Tree of Life is a delicate moving Painting
It’s a film that generates split opinions, but one thing that’s undeniable is its remarkable aesthetic qualities, that made it the winner of the 2011 Palme d’Or. After the success of The Thin Red Line, or Days of Heaven (that we will surely do an article on), Terrence Malick is back with this family drama set in the American […]
Lost River
This dark tale of 2014 is the first work of Ryan Gosling as a director. It follows the fate of a mother and her two children, who live in a ruined Detroit. The film has a fantastic shape since the light and the scenery are both mystical. The result is a formidable aesthetic, entrusted to […]
Redefining Sensual Aesthetics in Le Mépris
The Cannes Festival just came to an end, and we are now experiencing a strange nostalgia, wanting to revive the films that remind us of that event. This is why it seemed just right to dedicate this month’s Movie Stills to Le Mépris by Jean Luc Godard (1963). It features some of the most impressive […]
Penetrate the humid atmosphere of Louisiana in Down by Law
Down by Law (1986) is a quirky movie of the new American independent scene directed by the singular Jim Jarmusch and photographed by Robby Müller (that we have seen on Paris, Texas alongside Wim Wenders). The story takes place between New Orleans and the Louisiana Bayou, both beautifully highlighted by a combination of good use of […]