Tag: Benjamin Voisin
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...
Standing on a Beach: François Ozon Reteams with Benjamin Voisin for ‘L’Étranger’ (The Outsider)
He broke out big in François Ozon's Summer of 85 (he confirmed his prowess with his following film the Venice Film Fest preemed Lost...
The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Father Knows Best: The Coulin Sisters Examine the Detrimental Ripples of Fascism
With their third feature, The Quiet Son, French directing duo Delphine and Muriel...
Railing Against: Vincent Lindon & Benjamin Voisin Featured in Delphine and Muriel Coulin’s “À la hauteur”
The sister filmmaker tandem behind 17 filles (2011) and Voir du pays (2016) have put a bow on their latest feature film. The Cineuropa...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #185. André Téchiné’s Les âmes soeurs
Les âmes soeurs
For his thirtieth feature film, the great André Téchiné filmed in two seasonal time frames (in June of '21 and the following...
Lost Illusions | Review
F is for Fake: Giannoli Highlights Prescience in Adaptation of Balzac Classic
The erosion of romanticism and idealism is at the core of Honore de...
Summer of 85 (Été 85) | Review
Summertime Sadness: Ozon Casts Yonder Glance at the Boys of Summer
Rare is the year without a fresh offering from perennial French favorite François Ozon,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #79. Xavier Giannoli’s Illusions perdues
Illusions perdues
Another project lensed in 2019 held over for a 2021 premiere is the next film from France’s Xavier Giannoli, who scored a sleeper...
