Tag: Belgian Cinema
Tennis Anyone?: Film Movement to Serve Leonardo Van Dijl’s Cannes Fave ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’
A new voice in Belgian cinema emerged earlier this year when the Cannes Critics' Week section premiered Julie Keeps Quiet - the directorial debut...
Survival of the Fittest: Anamaria Vartolomei Joins Laura Wandel’s “L’Intérêt d’Adam”
Earlier last month we reported that actresses Léa Drucker and Noémie Merlant were going to topline Laura Wandel’s highly anticipated sophomore feature, L’Intérêt d’Adam....
Seed of Doubt: Noémie Merlant & Léa Drucker Topline Laura Wandel’s “L’intérêt d’Adam”
Among the most anticipated sophomore features we'll already look forward to for the 2025 campaign received a Cannes blurb update in the Le film...
Autumn in Belgium: Dardenne Bros. & Laura Wandel Currently Prepping Next Projects
If the shooting schedule remains intact, we can circle a 2025 Cannes Film Festival playdate for the next Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne film project...
Mambar Pierrette | Review
In Fabric: Mbakam Conveys a Season’s Struggles in Cameroon
“In the ant’s house, the dew is a flood,” might be the proverbial dilemma faced by...
Mister Cab Driver: Guillaume Senez Reteams with Roman Duris for Japan-set “Une Part Manquante”
They teamed together on his 2018 Cannes Critics' Week premiered Our Struggles (Nos Batailles), and now Belgian filmmaker Guillaume Senez it set to work...
Interview: Delphine Girard – Quitter la nuit (Through the Night)
Belgian filmmaker Delphine Girard's debut film takes a plunge into the murky world she created with her 2018 short film Une sœur - an...
2023 Wallonia-Brussels: Woodworth, Lafosse, Guit Bros., Baloji, Mitevska & Laura Wandel Receive Coin
The folks at the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles folks are throwing some coin support towards 27 fiction feature...
Holly | 2023 Venice Film Festival Review
The Girl with All the Gifts: Torch Tiptoes into Genre with Aloof Drama
Belgian director Fien Troch has built a steadfast filmography on quietly painful...
For the Cause: César Díaz Takes to the Streets for “Mexico 1986” with Bérénice Bejo
Belgian-Guatemalan Camera d'Or winning filmmaker César Díaz is finally moving into production on his sophomore film and we've just learned that Bérénice Bejo will...
The (Ex)perience of Love | 2023 Cannes Film Festival Review
Let’s Talk About Ex Baby: Balboni/Sirot Need A Lot More Lube for Rom Com
Containing enough notable moments that when stacked together would have worked...
Il pleut dans la maison (It’s Raining in the House) | 2023 Cannes Film Festival Review
Baby the Rain Must Fall: Life Imitates Art in Serman-Daï’s Narrative Debut
There’s a literalness in It’s Raining In The House (Il pleut dans la maison)...
Tori et Lokita | Review
Suffer the Children: The Dardenne Bros. Trend of Neorealism Continues in Dismal Portrait of Migrant Children
The Dardenne Bros. have built a significant filmography showcasing...
Interview: Lukas Dhont – Close
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize (tied with Claire Denis) at this year's Cannes Film Festival, with his sophomore feature, Lukas Dhont has cemented...
Close | Review
The Children’s Hour: Dhont Explores Unspoken Realities in Masterful Drama
The essence of Close, the sophomore film from Belgium’s Lukas Dhont, is akin to the...
When It Melts | 2023 Sundance Film Festival Review
Vengeance on a Wet Afternoon: Baetens Prepares a Fatal Reckoning in Grim Debut
Home is most certainly not where the heart is in When It...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #72. Joachim Lafosse’s Un silence
Un silence
Working at approximately a film per every three years pace, Joachim Lafosse who last gave us the relationship drama The Restless (a Main...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #77. Fien Troch’s Holly
Holly
A fifth feature film backed by an army of producers with Antonino Lombardo and Elisa Heene leading the charge with co-producers such as the...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #86. Delphine Girard’s Le plus vivant possible
Le plus vivant possible
We had Delphine Girard's Le plus vivant possible has a possible 2022 drop, but perhaps there wasn't enough time in post...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #106. Veerle Baetens’ When It Melts
When It Melts
Belgian actress Veerle Baetens (best known for The Broken Circle Breakdown and Mothers' Instinct) moved behind the camera for her directorial debut...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #168. Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani’s Darling
Darling
The husband-and-wife filmmaker tandem from Brussels known best for exploring their worlds via a giallo lense, moved into animated film territory sometime around 2018...
Riviera Revenge: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani to Shine with “Reflets dans un diamant mort”
Described as a giallo film version of Death in Venice, Belgium filmmaker tandem of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani will be moving into production...
Interview: Lenny & Harpo Guit – Mother Shmuckers
Lenny Guit and Harpo Guit are the masterminds behind Mother Shmuckers (Fils de Plouc), one of the most unhinged comedies to grace Sundance’s Midnight...
Mother Schmuckers | Review
O Brother, Why Art Thou?: The Guit Bros. Get Down & Out in Bizarre Debut
Something is rotten in the state of Belgium, or so...
Playground | Review
Suffer the Children: Wandel Explores Bullying Through a Child’s Perspective in Superb Debut
If everything one needs to know is learned in kindergarten, part of...