Michel Ciment

Born: 1938-05-26

Michel Ciment (May 26, 1938 - November 13, 2023) was a French film critic and the editor of the cinema magazine Positif. Ciment was a Chevalier of the Order of Merit, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, and the former president of FIPRESCI. Ciment participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Earrings of Madame de..., Fellini's Casanova, Persona, Providence, The Rules of the Game, Salvatore Giuliano, Sansho the Bailiff, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, and Trouble in Paradise. Source: Article "Michel Ciment" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

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Released: 2010-05-05

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the...

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Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

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Released: 2023-09-10

Over the years, Nicole Kidman, Oscar and two-time Emmy Award winner, became both a pop culture...

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Crítico

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Released: 2008-01-22

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the...

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Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

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Released: 1982-05-21

French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking.

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The Man Who Killed John Wayne

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Released: 2017-01-20

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Stanley and Us

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Released: 1999-10-08

Three hapless directors arrive in England from Italy to make a documentary on their idol. The...

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Elia Kazan: An Outsider

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Released: 1982-09-15

Hour long documentary on the legendary director.

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An American Named Kazan

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Released: 2019-03-10

Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became...

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Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living

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Released: 2003-01-01

Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and...

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All About Mankiewicz

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Released: 1983-12-31

Joseph L. Mankiewicz discusses his career in a feature-length interview recorded at his New...

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Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake

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Released: 1978-03-14

A 1978 episode of the French television program Ciné regards, featuring critics Michel Ciment...

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Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage

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Released: 2022-08-31

The photographic world of Jerry Schatzberg.

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John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma

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Released: 2017-06-03

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About The Salesman

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Released: 2018-04-11

The Salesman is Asghar Farhadi's seventh film that won two trophies for the Best Actor and Best...

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Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'

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Released: 2017-10-17

French critic and of editor of the film magazine Positif Michel Ciment discusses Stanley...

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Apostrophes

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First aired: 1975-01-10

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...

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Spécial cinéma

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First aired: 1974-09-25

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