Michel Ciment
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7195 |
| Birthday | 1938-05-26 |
| Place of Birth | Paris, France |
| Also Known As |
1982
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
6.909/11
French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking.
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Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982
Elia Kazan: An Outsider
6.8/5
Hour long documentary on the legendary director.
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Elia Kazan: An Outsider
2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
7.6/15
Nicole Kidman has worked with a host of top directors in a varied career including Gus Van Sant, Jane Campion, Stanley Kubrick, Lars von Trier and Sof...
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Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2022
Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage
0/0
The photographic world of Jerry Schatzberg.
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Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage
2010
Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies
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Director Simoné Laine delves into Ciment’s influential life, including his history with film periodical Positif (and its infamous rivalry with Cahiers...
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Michel Ciment: The Art of Sharing Movies
2017
Le Prédateur et la proie
7/1
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Le Prédateur et la proie
2025
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
6/1
Shot between Sardinia, Rome, London, Paris, Baltimore and Los Angeles, the film tells of the arrival of Hollywood at Capo Caccia in 1967, when the fil...
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A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2019
An American Named Kazan
6/3
Elia Kazan represented the American dream. An immigrant who came without anything and who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World War...
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An American Named Kazan
1999
Stanley and Us
5.25/4
Three hapless directors arrive in England from Italy to make a documentary on their idol. The funny thing is, they have no interviews lined up! Not to...
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Stanley and Us
2003
Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
7/5
Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's t...
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Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living
2008
Critic
7.9/19
Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 20...
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Critic
2016
M présenté par Michel Ciment
0/0
Michel Ciment talks about Losey’s M.
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M présenté par Michel Ciment
2018
About The Salesman
4.2/2
The Salesman is Asghar Farhadi's seventh film that won two trophies for the Best Actor and Best Screenplay at Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and the aca...
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About The Salesman
1983
All About Mankiewicz
7/1
Joseph L. Mankiewicz discusses his career in a feature-length interview recorded at his New England home and the 1983 Berlin Film Festival.
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All About Mankiewicz
1978
Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake
0/0
A 1978 episode of the French television program Ciné regards, featuring critics Michel Ciment and Georges Perec, that looks back on Ozu’s career.
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Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake
2017
John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma
0/0
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John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma
2017
The Man Who Killed John Wayne
7.5/2
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The Man Who Killed John Wayne
2008
Joseph Losey and the Criminal
0/0
A documentary presented by French film critic Michel Ciment, including an interview with Losey's wife Patricia. Covers much of Losey's career with the...
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Joseph Losey and the Criminal
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.645/39
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first...
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2017
Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'
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French critic and of editor of the film magazine Positif Michel Ciment discusses Stanley Kubrick's films from the 1950s and the evolution of his direc...
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Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'
2004
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
9/1
A documentary looking at the life and films of Francesco Rosi.
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The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2024
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
8/5
The story of the documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1971), directed by Marcel Ophüls, which caused a scandal in a France still traumatized by the Ge...
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The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2010
RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
0/0
The history of RKO - one of the legendary "Big Five" studios of the Hollywood’s Golden Age, from its creation in 1928 (when the movies started talking...
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RKO, A Story made in Hollywood
2020
Kubrick by Kubrick
7.3/51
American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), one of the greatest in history, but also one of the most reserved, gave few interviews throughout his...
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Kubrick by Kubrick
2013
Seduced and Abandoned
6.194/54
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of r...
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Seduced and Abandoned
Rencontre entre Jerry Schatzberg & Michel Ciment
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