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Review: Rapt
Yvan Attal’s committed, complex turn as the kidnapped titan of finance is greater than its confines; plot demands never allow his character to fully come to monstrously detached life. A richer and more unusual movie would have done away with the genre exercises and instead started with the moral question mark that this one finishes with.
Rapt | Review
Writer-director Belvaux’s multi-pronged kidnap drama lets plot get in the way of a good story.
2011 Midway Point: Ryan’s Top 10
#10. Of Gods and Men - Xavier Beauvois (February 25th)
Select sequences are almost worthy of comparison to Bresson, including head monk Lambert Wilson's conflicted hike into nature, or the monks' final, close-up filled suppertime farewell. The film needed a more ruthless editor, however -- many scenes come across as mundane and unnecessary. Could easily be an hour shorter, and better for it.
Review: The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens)
"Every romantic comedy worth its salt needs to make the audience fall in love, and here The Names of Love succeeds triumphantly. Forestier captivates with her lively eyes, her knotted bursts of energy, and -- it is worth mentioning again -- her careless, constant, knee-buckling nudity. She is so infatuating that she nearly makes you forget how insufferable her real-life equivalent would likely be."
The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens) | Review
Michel Leclerc’s imperfect, charming French rom-com is equal parts pleasure and provocation.
