Tag: Alex Descas

Criterion Collection: Let the Sunshine In | Blu-ray Review

Claire Denis had one of her most prominent showings in over a decade with her 2017 title Let the Sunshine In, a melancholy rom...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 5. Mia Hansen-Løve’s Maya

Maya After winning Best Director at the 2016 Berlinale thanks to her exquisite Isabelle Huppert starrer Things to Come (read review), French director Mia Hansen-Løve finally...

Buoyant Bangalore: Kolinka, Banerjee, Descas & Johanna ter Steege Set for Hansen-Løve’s “Maya”

The set pieces (people and locations) are finalized and put in place for Mia Hansen-Løve's Maya, the multiple territory, global trotting think piece on...

Let the Sunshine In | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review

A Tall Dark Stranger: Denis and Binoche are Remarkable Bedfellows in Light Comedy Claire Denis comes as close as she ever will to romantic comedy...

Portrait of the Artist | 2015 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Review

On My Skin: Barraud Explores the Essence of Monstrosity There are moments within Antoine Barraud’s sophomore feature Portrait of the Artist that tend to feel...

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Living the Land | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Land of Steady Habits: Meng Reflects Familial Upheaval in...

Home Sweet Home | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Sofie, Homemaker: Petersen Banks on Undervalued Emotional Labor Danish director...

Interview: Matthew Rankin – Universal Language (2024 Marrakech Intl. Film Festival)

Imagine Tim Hortons' signage were comically flipped from right...

Das Licht | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

Wasting Electricity: Tykwer Illuminates a Narrative Void Despite revealing itself...