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Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #187. Martin Provost’s Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe

Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe A French filmmaker who offers comfort food portraits, for his eighth outing Martin Provost enlisted the likes of Vincent Macaigne, Cécile...

Peaceful (De son vivant) | Review

The Big C Minus: Bercot Submerges Maudlin Disease Drama with Sentimentality Cancer isn’t the only element degrading the lives of those defined by it in...

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...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #99. Héloïse Pelloquet’s La Passagère

La Passagère For almost a decade now Héloïse Pelloquet has cut her teeth as an editor -- mostly in the narrative short film format with...

The French Dispatch | Review

Repetition Commission: Anderson Flatlines with Twee Aesthetic Since cinema requires a semblance of participation by the audience, a passive relationship of sorts, the latest curio...

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...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #89. Emmanuelle Bercot’s De son vivant

De son vivant Emmanuelle Bercot reteams with Catherine Deneuve for her sixth feature, De son vivant (In His Lifetime) but unfortunately, Deneuve suffered a minor stroke...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #49. De son vivant – Emmanuelle Bercot

De son vivant It seems director Emmanuelle Bercot remains nearly inextricable from Catherine Deneuve, as the director and icon are reuniting on Bercot’s sixth feature,...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #61. Comédie humaine – Xavier Giannoli

Comédie humaine France’s Xavier Giannoli scored a sleeper hit with 2018’s supernatural tinged drama The Apparition starring Vincent Lindon (scoring a Cesar nod for newcomer...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #3. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch More croissant than cronut, Wes Anderson returns to the red, white and blue but of the Hotel Chevalier and Jacques Cousteau sort...

Summertime | Review

An Affair to Remember: Corsini’s Enjoyable, Brightly Hued Period Piece Catherine Corsini returns with her ninth feature film, Summertime (La belle saison), an early 70s...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #79. Lola Doillon’s Le voyage de Fanny

Le voyage de Fanny Director: Lola Doillon Writer: Lola Doillon Director Lola Doillon comes from French cinematic royalty, the daughter of director Jacques Doillon and editor Noelle...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #73. Catherine Corsini’s La belle saison

La belle saison Director: Catherine Corsini // Writers: Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss French director Catherine Corsini isn’t very well known in the US, though many should...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #96. Denis Dercourt’s En équilibre

En équilibre Director: Denis Dercourt // Writer: Denis Dercourt French director Denis Dercourt is generally underappreciated in the US, despite having helmed the superb 2006 film...

Chinese Puzzle | Review

Tuft of Fluff: Klapisch Bids Adieu to Globetrotting Crew Diehard fans of Cedric Klapisch’s L’Auberge espagnole (2002) and its sequel, Russian Dolls (2005) should be...

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