Alain Masson
Film critic
France
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Singin' in the Rain | 1951 | Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen |
| The Crucified Lovers | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| TIH MINH | 1918 | Louis Feuillade |
| True Heart Susie | 1919 | D.W. Griffith |
| Colorado Territory | 1949 | Raoul Walsh |
| Madame de... | 1953 | Max Ophuls |
| Hiroshima mon amour | 1959 | Alain Resnais |
| Some Came Running | 1958 | Vincente Minnelli |
| Chun jiang shui nuan | 2019 | Gu Xiaogang |
| Phantom Thread | 2017 | Paul Thomas Anderson |
Comments
Singin' in the Rain
The film of films.
The Crucified Lovers
No movie ever got closer to traagedy.
TIH MINH
A new sense of cinematic space, forever original.
True Heart Susie
Isn't pastoral the deepest nature of cinema ?
Colorado Territory
Western, love, death, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, who could ask for anything more ?
Madame de...
The most subtle, elegant and cruel romantic film and D. Darrieux, Charles Boyer on top form.
Hiroshima mon amour
The craft of editing present with past, an affair and an historical horror and the begining of a master's work.
Some Came Running
An unforgettable picture of people in need of more meaningful lives.
Chun jiang shui nuan
So sensitive, so clever, so moving.
Phantom Thread
A fine mise en scène of love as an adventure.
Further remarks
Of course my list would have been different yesterday or tomorrow. But I would have tried in the same way
to avoid common recognition and to stick to my own taste, without any consideration for historical or geographical fairness.
My choice is based only on aesthetic appraisal.