My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Bed and Board (1970)

The fourth film in the Antoine Doinel Cycle directed by Francois Truffaut is a delightful continuation as well as a beautiful story about marriage.  Antoine and Christine are married yet both are about to be confronted by a series of challenges to test their relationship, one of which will make you smile and another that will break your heart.   With clever writing and pitch-perfect characterizations this might be my favorite.  It's amazing to think how simple these movies feel and yet there's a lot of wonderful aspects of it that keep it from being farce or over-the-top drama.  This treasure is a real work of storytelling goodness; no one should skip this one.   Grade: A  
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