Tag: Anaïs Demoustier
Smoking Causes Coughing | Review
Vigilante Shanty: Kooky Becomes Dupieux in Latest Whimsy
Quentin Dupieux’s penchant for absurdity shows no signs of abating, with Smoking Causes Coughing, the latest offering...
Honest Mistake: Samuel Theis’ Summons Valeria Bruni Tedeschi & Anaïs Demoustier for “Je le jure”
Anaïs in Love pairing Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Anaïs Demoustier will once again be play partners in French filmmaker Samuel Theis' third feature film...
The Beast in the Jungle | 2023 Berlin Film Festival Review
Waiting for the Stars to Align: Chiha Finds Fruit Rotting on the Vine
“Good things come to those who wait” might be a commonly bastardized...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #75. Quentin Dupieux’s DAAAAAALI !
DAAAAAALI !
A true original who never seems to be running out of zany ideas, we learned back in November that Quentin Dupieux was at...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #80. Katell Quillévéré’s Le Temps d’aimer
Le Temps d’aimer
Production on Katell Quillévéré's highly anticipated fourth film began in June of last year in northern, France. Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #171. Patric Chiha’s The Beast in the Jungle
La bête dans la jungle
Austrian Patric Chiha reunited with Béatrice Dalle and returned to fiction form almost a decade later back in November of...
I’m Not There: Quentin Dupieux Enlists Collective for “Daaaaaali !”
Anaïs Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Pierre Niney, Alain Chabat, Edouard Baer, Pio Marmaï, Jonathan Cohen, Hakim Jemili, Agnès Hurstel, Jérôme Niel, Marc Fraize, Didier Flamand...
Anaïs in Love | Review
She’s Pure as New York Snow: Bourgeois-Tacquet Charms in Effortless, Effective Comedy
With her unexpectedly charming debut, Anaïs in Love, director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet presents the...
Horizontal Collaboration: Quillévéré’s “Le temps d’aimer” Set For May with Anaïs Demoustier & Vincent Lacoste
They've appeared together on Félix Moati's Deux fils and will be seen in Quentin Dupieux's future Fumer fait tousser, Anaïs Demoustier & Vincent Lacoste...
Incredible But True | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review
Beauty Secrets: Dupieux Latest a Strangely Tragic Fable on Human Foibles
The films of Quentin Dupieux, a prolific Belgian director who has spent most of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #32. Quentin Dupieux’s Incroyable mais vrai
Incroyable mais vrai
A project that has slightly moved up our depth chart, Quentin Dupieux's ninth feature film was more than ready to go for...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #36. Quentin Dupieux’s Fumer fait tousser
Fumer fait tousser
Especially comforting in these awkward pandemic days of 2022, we'll be receiving not one, but two servings of chicken soup for the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #81. Katell Quillévéré’s Le temps d’aimer
Le temps d'aimer
Having just completed the television docu project Le monde de demain, it would appear that Katell Quillévéré is currently on location and...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #84. Cédric Jimenez’s Novembre
Novembre
Perhaps France's answer to Antoine Fuqua, Cédric Jimenez has padded his decade long filmography working mostly with gritty texts that either get in tight...
2021 Cannes Critics’ Week Announce 1st Selection: Bourgeois-Tacquet’s “Les Amours d’Anaïs”
While we await next week's line-up unveilings to complete the full Croisette picture and ponder if the likes of helmers Clara Roquet (Libertad), Mari...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #37. Quentin Dupieux’s Incroyable mais vrai
Incroyable mais vrai
Produced by Thomas Verhaeghe
Directed by Quentin Dupieux
Written by Quentin Dupieux
Starring: Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Benoît Magimel, Anaïs Demoustier.
Release Date/Prediction: A...
Arte France Cinéma Give Coin to Hansen-Løve’s “Un beau matin” & Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Les Herbes sèches”
The Arte France Cinéma selection committee will be supporting a trio of eyebrow raising projects that will go into production in 2021. At the...
The Girl with a Bracelet | Review
Murder was the Case That They Gave Her: Demoustier Delivers a Chilly Courtroom Thriller
While it’s far from the first film to examine the popular,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #74. Mandibules – Quentin Dupieux
Mandibules
Quentin Dupieux shows no signs of slowing, with his eighth feature Mandibules a new premiere in three consecutive years. Produced by Hugo Selignac and...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #130. La pièce rapportée – Antonin Peretjatko
La pièce rapportée
For his third feature, Antonin Peretjatko commences on the comedic La pièce rapportée, produced by Thomas and Mathieu Verhaeghe and recruits an...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #57. Quentin Dupieux’s Au Poste
Au Poste
Having taken a two-year break from filmmaking to work on a new album under his pseudonym Mr. Oizo (the famed electro house musician),...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #48. Quentin Dupieux’s Au Poste
Au Poste
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Writer: Quentin Dupieux
Having taken a two-year break from filmmaking to work on a new album under his pseudonym Mr. Oizo (the...
Caprice | 2016 My French Film Festival Review
You Will Love a Tall Blonde Actress: Mouret Plays a Man Most Wanted in Latest RomCom
Perhaps what’s most refreshing about actor/writer/director Emmanuel Mouret’s latest...
The New Girlfriend | Blu-ray Review
After premiering at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival in the Galas Program, via Cohen Media, the double 40th César Award nominated The New Girlfriend...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #29. Christophe Honore’s Les Malheurs de Sophie
Les Malheurs de Sophie
Director: Christophe Honoré
Writers: Christophe Honoré, Gilles Tourand
One of France’s most underrated directors (at least judging on the level of attention he...
2015 Marrakech Int. Film Fest: Jury Duty for Corbijn, Vinterberg, Jeunet & Demoustier…
The juries have been announced for the 2015 Marrakech Int. Film Fest, and the Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola) will be in good company. A...
The New Girlfriend | Review
The Skin I Live In: Ozon’s Exquisite New Exploration of Gender Subversion
For his most playful and delightfully creepy film in years, Francois Ozon adapts...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 7: Donzelli’s “Marguerite & Julien” is “Small Change”
I've been there before. One week into the strenuous daily grind that is Cannes and the tired journalist/critic might think twice about a project featuring...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #24. Christophe Honoré’s Les Malheurs de Sophie
Les Malheurs de Sophie
Director: Christophe Honoré // Writers: Christophe Honoré, Gilles Taurand
One of France’s most underrated directors (at least judging on the level of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #67. Valerie Donzelli’s Marguerite et Julien
Marguerite et Julien
Director: Valerie Donzelli // Writers: Valerie Donzelli, Jeremie Elkaim
Director and actress Valerie Donzelli has fostered a considerable career as a director over...
The Dreamers: Valérie Donzelli Completes Casting for “Marguerite et Julien” (aka Abandoned Truffaut Project)
Valérie Donzelli, the actress-turned director who we most recently caught as a supporting player in the garishly dressed Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello's stylized biopic...
Bird People | Review
Tweets and FaceTimes: Pascale Ferran Returns with Uneven But Adventurous Realist-Fantasy
There are a number of films scattered throughout that are intent on depicting how...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #74. Francois Ozon’s The New Girlfriend
The New Girlfriend (Une Nouvelle Amie)
Director: Francois Ozon
Writer: Francois Ozon
Producers: Mandarin Films' Eric and Nicolas Altmayer
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Romain Duris, Anais Demoustier, Raphael...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #82. Marc Fitoussi’s Paris Follies
Paris Follies
Director: Marc Fitoussi
Writer: Marc Fitoussi
Producer: Avenue B Productions
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Anais Demoustier, Michael Nyqvist, Marina Fois
Well, you can...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #43. Pascale Ferran’s Bird People
Bird People
Director: Pascale Ferran
Writer(s): Ferran and Guillaume Bréaud
Producer(s): Archipel 35's Denis Freyd
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Josh Charles, Clark Johnson, Anaïs Demoustier, Roschdy...
