Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Friday, May 29, 2015

Liberal Arts (2012)

Genre: Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Josh Radnor
Starring: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins
Running time: 97 minutes



Jesse Fischer finds himself in his mid-thirties, newly single and bored with his job. One day, he gets a call from one of his former college professors and mentors asking him to come and speak at his retirement banquet. Jesse gladly accepts, since he sees the freedom of his college days as the best times of his life. During this trip back to his alma mater, he will meet a 19-year-old female student who will become attracted to him, forcing him to wonder about how he wants to live his life going forward.

Josh Radnor, of How I Met Your Mother-fame, directed this movie and played the lead role in it. In both situations, he did a very solid job. This independent film is loaded with charm. The pace is slow, but it slowly grows on you and pulls you in. There’s a big loss of innocence here, over a past being idealized, which stops you from moving forward. All of the characters felt so real, like I knew them myself. I must admit most of them reminded me of people I have met in my university days.

In a sense, Liberal Arts did hit close to home for me. The main character is about at the same as I was when I started asking myself some of those questions about getting older and letting go of the past. Real life in the adult world can be challenging, and it is a challenge that has to be faced head-on. Things were not so ideal then, nostalgia just tends to pain a rosier picture of any situation.

Overall, I really enjoyed this film. I am sure I will come around to watching it again at a later time and that I will get something else from it then. I highly recommend it.

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