Tag Archives: french

Pickpocket (1959)

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Bresson Writer: Robert Bresson

Posted in Crime, Drama, Foreign | Tagged 1959, agnes delahaie, cop, crime, crimilar, drama, foreign, france, french, jail, L.-H. Burel, leonce-henri burl, martin la salle, martin lasalle, money, pickpocket, police, raymond lamy, robert bresson, thief, train station, watch | Leave a comment

Allied (2016)

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Steven Knight

Posted in Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War | Tagged 1940z, 2016, action, africa, alan silvestri, allied, assassin, assassination, brad pitt, canadian, don burgess, double agent, drama, england, espionage, family, french, german, graham king, jared harris, lizzy caplan, london, marion cotillard, marriage, married, matthew goode, mick audsley, military, mission, murder, nazi, reistance, robert zemeckis, romance, simon mcburney, spy, steve starkey, steven knight, suicide, thriller, war, world war 2, world war ii, wwII | Leave a comment

The Walk (2015)

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writers: Robert Zemeckis & Christopher Browne (Based on the book “To Reach the Clouds” by Philippe Petit)

Posted in Adventure, Drama | Tagged 1970s, 2015, adaptation, adventure, alan silvestri, arrest, artist, ben kingsley, ben schwartz, charlotte le bon, christopher browne, Dariusz wolski, france, french, heights, high wire, jack rapke, james badge dale, jeremiah o'driscoll, joseph gordon-levitt, mime, new york, new york city, nyc, paris, philippe petit, robert zemeckis, rope, steve starkey, the walk, tightrope, tightrope walker, to reach the clouds, true story, walk, world trade center | Leave a comment

The French Dispatch (2021)

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Wes Anderson Writer: Wes Anderson (Story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman) Liked but would rank it on the lower end of the Anderson filmography. Looks incredible. Very fun.

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2021, adrien brody, alexandre desplat, andrew weisblum, anjelica huston, anthology, art, article, artists, benicio del toro, bill murray, black and white, bob balaban, chef, christoph waltz, comedy, cook, drama, editor, edward norton, elisabeth moss, fisher stevens, food, france, frances mcdormand, french, french dispatch, griffin dunne, heart attack, henry winkler, hugo guinness, jarvis cocker, Jason Schwartzman, jeffrey wright, jeremy dawson, journalism, journalist, lea seydoux, Liev Schreiber, lyna khoudri, magazine, mathieu amalric, narrator, obituary, owen wilson, prison, robert d. yeoman, Robert Yeoman, roman coppola, romance, saoirse ronan, stephen park, steven rales, students, the french dispatch, tilda swinton, timothy chalamet, tony revolori, wes anderson, willem dafoe, writer | Leave a comment

Them (2006)

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Directors: David Moreau & Xavier Palud Writers: David Moreau & Xavier Palud

Posted in Foreign, Horror, Thriller | Tagged 2006, children, couple, david moreau, foreign, france, french, home invasion, horror, house, husband, Ils, kids, murder, olivia bonamy, rene-marc bini, them, thriller, tunnel, wife | Leave a comment

The Last Duel (2021)

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Nicole Holofcener & Ben Affleck & Matt Damon (Based on the book “The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France” by Eric Jager) Great! One of Ridley’s best in years and … Continue reading →