Alone Again: The Films of Axelle Ropert In the United States we do not have a long tradition of film critics becoming filmmakers. Critics usually remain critics and filmmakers stay filmmakers. There is a line that is rarely crossed. But in France there is no such line. It is a long tradition going back…… Continue reading Profiles #1 – Axelle Ropert: Index
Author: Jhon Hernandez
cinephile and filmmaker based out of Dallas, TX.
TV Diary #1 – Cross Game
Four Leaf Clover To be a cinephile does not mean to be anti-television. To be anti-television is a rather outdated position and simply ahistorical. The landscape of European film would be completely different without taking into consideration the films made for television (see Fassbinder, for example). But, on the whole, I remain suspicious of the…… Continue reading TV Diary #1 – Cross Game
Translation Corner #1 – Axelle Ropert
Confronting the Dragon Teenage actors and actresses are often seen in comedies or horror movies. In Petite Solange, did it matter to you, contrary to this, to not tell this type of story biased toward youth? Perhaps if young actors are emerging above all thanks to comedy or genre films, films that are a little…… Continue reading Translation Corner #1 – Axelle Ropert
What is the Modern Cinema? #0 – 2020 Version
This text was written in 2020 and is now being published for the first time. In the age of the virus, the Covid-19, the films which were meant for our theaters disappeared. Instead they found their way online via desperate measures – anything to recoup investment. Films as disparate as Emma, or Bloodshot, or Trolls…… Continue reading What is the Modern Cinema? #0 – 2020 Version
