The proliferation of parody films with the word “Movie” in their titles has cheapened the noble tradition of making fun of pop culture, but “Superhero Movie” proves that there are still a few -- if ...
1958 Movie"Mr Hulot takes a precious, playful ... and purely premeditated look at modern times ..." Monsieur Hulot is a character created and played by French comic Jacques Tati for a series of films ...
Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...
Somewhat long for a comedy, Jacques Tati's film has inventiveness, gags, warmth and a 'poetic' approach to satire. Film took two years to make. Tati has built it via comic juxtaposition of two ways of ...
The latest in the BFI’s very thorough re-releases of Tati’s major works include Mon oncle (1958) (the second Hulot which followed his celebrated holiday adventures), an eccentric's critique of ...
Cinéma Nantes : Mon oncle, version restaurée - M. Hulot, rêveur bohème et excentrique, habite un modeste deux-pièces d'un quartier populaire. Il rend parfois visite à sa soeur, épouse d'un riche indus ...
Cameron Olsen has a boundless passion for the art of cinema, and loves nothing more than to closely examine the great works thereof. He has a bachelor’s degree in film from the University of Utah, and ...
Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern ...
Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. I’m always glad when someone decides to show one of Jacques Tati’s films because Tati is a filmmaker—and comic—whose work I’ve ...
Recounting his first viewing of M. Hulot's Holiday on this new DVD release of Jacques Tati's first Monsieur Hulot film, Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones describes it as "the moment I first realized ...