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Michel Ciment

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. Source: Article "Michel Ciment" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2025 • Self
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024 • Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023 • Self (interview)
Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage
Jerry Schatzberg, Portrait Paysage
2022
Kubrick by Kubrick
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020 • Self (archive footage)
An American Named Kazan
An American Named Kazan
2019 • Self
About The Salesman
About The Salesman
2018
Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'
Passion and Reason: Michel Ciment on 'Barry Lyndon'
2017 • Self

Full filmography

The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France
2024 • Self (voice) (archive footage) - Film Critic
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Kubrick by Kubrick
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020 • Self (archive footage)
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Critic
Critic
2008 • Self
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Michel Ciment – Biography, Known For & Filmography