Fifty years after his ing, LaCinetek pays tribute to Michel Simon, the legendary actor once hailed by Charlie Chaplin as “the greatest in the world.”
For the past 34 years, the Côté court Festival has been a launchpad for bold, singular voices in cinema. Dedicated to films under one hour, the festival uncovers filmmakers and artists who shape the future of cinema, visionaries like Emmanuel Mouret, Justine Triet, Solveig Anspach, and Alain Guiraudie.
Filmmaker Marcel Ophüls ed away on May 24. To honor his legacy, LaCinetek invites you to (re)discover The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), his landmark documentary on World War II.
His list of favorite films includes Black God White Devil by Glauber Rocha, Scum by Alan Clarke and Blockade by Sergei Loznitsa.
On the occasion of the centenary of the French Open tennis tournament, and to celebrate the start of Roland-Garros, LaCinetek draws a connection between tennis and cinema in a selection where the match is played both on the court and in the frame.
"The film really talks about cinema, the madness of what it means to be a cinephile or a filmmaker."
As part of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, LaCinetek invites you to (re)discover the lists of filmmakers presenting their films in the festival's prestigious selections.
As part of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, LaCinetek invites you to (re)discover the lists of filmmakers presenting their films in the festival's prestigious selections.
As part of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, LaCinetek invites you to (re)discover the lists of filmmakers presenting their films in the festival's prestigious selections.
Discover Kleber Mendonça Filho's influences through his list of 50 favorite films: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/director-list/kleber-mendonca-filho-45
Filmography: Critico (2008) – Neighboring Sounds (O…
Discover Michel Hazanavicius's influences through his list of 50 favorite films: www.lacinetek.com/director-list/michel-hazanavicius
Filmography : La Classe américaine (Le Grand détournement)…
LaCinetek curates film selections recommended by directors from around the world, available on VOD in , , Belgium, Luxembourg, and…
Japanese director, born in 1978.
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi worked as assistant director before he ed the Tokyo University of the Arts,…
Discover Cristian Mungiu's influences through his list of 50 favorite films from before 2005: www.lacinetek.com/director-list/cristian-mungiu
Filmography : Occident (2002) –…
David Cronenberg is the filmmaker of the month on LaCinetek!
Like his filmography (Videodrome, Dead Ringers, A History of Violence…),…
"What struck me most was the freedom of speech. And the moral ambiguity it revealed."
Riad Sattouf on The Sorrow and the Pity by Marcel Ophüls: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyxcowiEWxY
Watch it on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr/film/le-chagrin-et-la-pitie-marcel-ophuls-vod
"The film really talks about cinema, the madness of what it means to be a cinephile or a filmmaker."
Justine Triet on sex, lies, and videotape by Steven Soderbergh: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5NwdayHhXM
Watch it on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/sex-lies-and-videotape-steven-soderbergh-vod
"And it asks a much larger question, as old as humanity: 'Why do we fall in love?"
Ugo Bienvenu on Her directed by Spike Jonze: youtu.be/LbVNq7gNSps?si=ydbc9DRctzToB_
Watch Her on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/her-spike-jonze-vod
"There's the fairy tale, but there's also a bit of "gross" in it all the time."
Virginie Efira on Donkey Skin directed by Jacques Demy: youtu.be/OuNza0DvW60?si=fF1jBcxeRerC27Cl
Watch Donkey Skin on LaCinetek: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/film/donkey-skin-jacques-demy-vod
There are 2 versions of this film: the one where you’ve seen Breathless before, and the one where you see Breathless first time after watching Nouvelle Vague.
Either way, you’ll only get to experience one of them.
“Reality is not continuity”
We’ve all been wanting to act like Grace at some point but won’t it it.
affiche aussi géniale que le film, c’est dire
(update : review obsolète, ils ont enlevé la trop belle affiche française jaune et violette ouinnn)
ĀTMAN is a visual tour-de-force based on the idea of the subject at the centre of the circle created by camera positions (480 such positions).
Discover Kleber Mendonça Filho's influences through his list of 50 favorite films: www.lacinetek.com/fr-en/director-list/kleber-mendonca-filho-45
Filmography: Critico (2008) – Neighboring Sounds (O Som Ao Redor, 2012) – Aquarius (2016) – Bacurau (2019) – Pictures of Ghosts (2023) - The Secret Agent (2025)