Michel Ciment
Biography: Michel Ciment (May 26, 1938 - November 13, 2023) was a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. Ciment was a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the former president of FIPRESCI. Ciment participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Earrings of Madame de..., Fellini's Casanova, Persona, Providence, The Rules of the Game, Salvatore Giuliano, Sansho the Bailiff, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, and Trouble in Paradise. Source: Article "Michel Ciment" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Birthday: May 26, 1938
Deathday: November 13, 2023
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Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982-05-21
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
Overview: French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-21
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Elia Kazan: An Outsider
1982-09-15
Elia Kazan: An Outsider
Overview: Hour long documentary on the legendary director.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-15
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Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023-09-10
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Overview: Over the years, Nicole Kidman, Oscar and two-time Emmy Award winner, became both a pop culture icon & a complex dramatic actress. Her career is a unique body of work that mirrors her personal life, which is more political than it might seem.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-09-10
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Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage
2022-08-31
Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage
Overview: The photographic world of Jerry Schatzberg.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-31
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Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies
2010-07-03
Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies
Overview: Director Simoné Laine delves into Ciment’s influential life, including his history with film periodical Positif (and its infamous rivalry with Cahiers du cinéma).
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-03
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Le Prédateur et la proie
2017-08-15
Le Prédateur et la proie
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-08-15
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A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2022-10-17
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
Overview: Shot between Sardinia, Rome, London, Paris, Baltimore and Los Angeles, the film tells of the arrival of Hollywood at Capo Caccia in 1967, when the film "Boom" by Joseph Losey was shot, with the stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Although the film, produced with a high budget for the time, aspired to become an international success, it was one of the most sensational flops in the history of cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-17
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An American Named Kazan
2019-03-10
An American Named Kazan
Overview: Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World War II. Actor, theater director, filmmaker, writer, he is the founder of Actor’s Studio, a collaborator of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, and a director who discovered Marlon Brando and James Dean.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-03-10
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Stanley and Us
1999-10-08
Stanley and Us
Overview: Three hapless directors arrive in England from Italy to make a documentary on their idol. The funny thing is, they have no interviews lined up! Not to worry, these guys have a miracle or two that they call in.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
2003-01-01
Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
Overview: Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's themes and methods. The director also profiles Kiarostami as a poet and a photographer.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Critic
2008-01-22
Critic
Overview: Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-01-22
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M présenté par Michel Ciment
2016-04-06
M présenté par Michel Ciment
Overview: Michel Ciment talks about Losey’s M.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-04-06
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About The Salesman
2018-04-11
About The Salesman
Overview: The Salesman is Asghar Farhadi's seventh film that won two trophies for the Best Actor and Best Screenplay at Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and the academy award for the best Foreign Language Film in 2017. About The Salesman is a documentary about Farhadi's method of filmmaking: development, pre-production, production, and post-production, with interviews with Asghar Farhadi and the analysis of the renowned Iranian and international film critics about The Salesman and Farhadi's cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2018-04-11
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All About Mankiewicz
1983-12-31
All About Mankiewicz
Overview: Joseph L. Mankiewicz discusses his career in a feature-length interview recorded at his New England home and the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-31
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Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake
1978-03-14
Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake
Overview: A 1978 episode of the French television program Ciné regards, featuring critics Michel Ciment and Georges Perec, that looks back on Ozu’s career.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-03-14
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John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma
2017-06-03
John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-06-03
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The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2017-01-20
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2017-01-20
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Joseph Losey and the Criminal
2008-11-04
Joseph Losey and the Criminal
Overview: A documentary presented by French film critic Michel Ciment, including an interview with Losey's wife Patricia. Covers much of Losey's career with the particular focus on The Criminal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-11-04
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010-05-05
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Overview: In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-05
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Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'
2017-10-17
Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'
Overview: French critic and of editor of the film magazine Positif Michel Ciment discusses Stanley Kubrick's films from the 1950s and the evolution of his directing style.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-17
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The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004-06-17
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
Overview: A documentary looking at the life and films of Francesco Rosi.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-06-17
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