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KINUYO TANAKA Director of the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema by Pascal-Alex Vincent Kinuyo Tanaka (1909-1977) was one of the greatest stars of Japanese cinema. With a career that began in silent films and ended in television, his career is one of the most impressive of the golden age of studios. His collaboration with filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi gave rise to some of the most famous films in Asian cinema, such as La Vie d'Oharu femme galante (1952), Tales of the Moon Wave after the Rain (1953) or The Intendant Sansho ( 1954). She also filmed for Hiroshi Shimizu, Yasujiro Ozu, Mikio Naruse or Kon Ichikawa, and her filmography of more than two hundred films includes a large number of masterpieces....

HENRY, PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER original storyboard by Frank Coronado & John McNauton "The original screenplay, written by Richard Fire and myself, contains 122 scenes. Shown here are 122 drawings by Frank Coronado, intended to shed light on the creative process that culminated in the film Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer. When I look at Frank's drawings today, I'm surprised at how much they look like the finished film. In many cases, it would appear that the drawings were made after the film was completed and not the other way around, which only proves the influence of the drawings on the creation of the scenes they foresee. Often, storyboards are generic, without much personality, and more like blueprints...

THE WIND CHESSBOARD "An unexpected rediscovery" About Mohammad Reza Aslani's film by Gita Aslani Shahrestani Everyone wants to become the owner of the beautiful luxurious house after the death of his mistress, Grande Dame. Her daughter, Petite Dame, an emancipated and modern woman resists her mother's last husband, Haji Amou, a traditionalist, patriarchal and corrupt merchant. Their conflict over the possession of this house reflects the Iranian society of the beginning of the 20th century where the supporters of modernity struggled in vain against dogmatic traditionalism. Mohammad Reza Aslani with the subject of The Chessboard of the Wind anticipates the Iranian revolution of 1979 and draws, with clairvoyance, the social and economic failure of Iran through his finely characterized characters....

MUSASHI "The Way of the Samurai in Cinema" About the Hiroshi Inagaki Trilogy by Denis Grizet & Pascal-Alex Vincent Book offered in cinemas showing the film or on our shop for the purchase of a Musashi poster Musashi is a trilogy consisting of the films The Legend of Musashi (1954), Duel at Ichijoji (1955) and The Way of Light (1956). Produced by the famous Toho company and directed by filmmaker Hiroshi Inagaki, it helped to make Japanese cinema known throughout the world. Oscar for best foreign film in 1956, Musashi also allowed Toshiro Mifune to confirm his status as an international star. Inspired by the life of Miyamoto Musashi, a real-life samurai and philosopher, this colorful trilogy represents the best...

BASIC INSTINCT "Those Who Didn't Like Men" About Paul Verhoeven's film by Thomas Aïdan Book offered incinemas showing the film Basic Instinct is probably the most famous film of Paul Verhoeven's feverish and political filmography. Hitchcockian at will, it was nevertheless misunderstood, and very badly judged when it was released in 1992. The film was scandalous, because of its relationship to sexuality and its explicit representation, it was above all avant-garde and deeply dialectic. He collects almost all the Verhoevian motifs, wonderfully exalts all the founding stones of mannerism, organizes a whole fetishist ceremony that praises voyeurism. On the occasion of its release in theaters, in a restored version (finally), this short book unravels everything that makes up the charm...