Tag: Manu Dacosse
The Stranger (L’étranger) | Review
Anatomy of a Mime: Ozon Explores the Seduction of Indifference
Decades before Hannah Arendt introduced her concept of ‘the banality of evil,’ Albert Camus...
2026 Lumières Awards: François Ozon’s ‘The Stranger’ Sweeps “France’s Golden Globes” with Trio of Awards
Five weeks before the César Awards ceremony, we find The Stranger (aka L'étranger) possibly emerging as the possible favorite with François Ozon landing Best...
Maldoror | Review
Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion: Du Welz Revisits Bungled Belgian Murder Case
“It is grand to contemplate the ruins of cities; but it is...
Reflection in a Dead Diamond | Review
Feed My Fetish, Please: Cattet & Forzani Pay Homage to the Eurospy in Dazzling Pastiche
Whether giallo gore or Western shaped, their films don’t lose...
Peter von Kant | Review
Save Your Tears for Another Day: Ozon Revels in the Camp Mystique of R.W. Fassbinder
It’s clear François Ozon has long been obsessed with the...
Inexorable | 2021 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
The Hand that Mocks the Cradle: Du Welz Finds an Interloper in Vintage Throwback
Long before a lithesome ingenue shows up to ruin a wealthy...
Interview: Fabrice Du Welz – Inexorable
For his seventh feature film Belgian filmmaker Fabrice Du Welz returns to the family domicile to chaos and mayhem. While in his previous film...
Video Interview: Fabrice du Welz – Adoration
A philosopher once said that despair can never be dissolved through escape, but by observing it. There isn't much in terms of reprieve Locarno...
Adoration | Review
Gloria, You’re Always on the Run Now: Du Welz Completes Ardennes Trilogy with Innocence Lost in Dark Fairy Tale
An exercise wherein true and unfaltering...
Let the Corpses Tan! | Review
All that Glitters: Cattet & Forzani Cut Stylish Swath Through Arid Neo-Western
For their third film, Let the Corpses Tan!, another heavily styled recalibration of...
Video: Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet’s Let the Corpses Tan – 2017 TIFF Post Screening Q&A
We've been tracking this duo since Amer (2009) and shortly after 2013's The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears. Once news dropped that Locarno...
The Conversation: Top 10 Technicians Mid-Year Ranking
With directors and/or actors usurping most of the credit and acclaim for lauded film features, we chose to highlight a few of the behind-the-scenes...
