Tag: Charlene Favier

2024 Venice Film Festival Predictions: Todd Phillips, Fabrice Du Welz & Pablo Larraín

Joker: Folie a Deux Dir. Todd Phillips Prod: Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joseph Garner It would be kind of neat if the head jury person of...

Paint By Numbers: Noée Abita Among FEMEN Force in Charlène Favier’s “Oxana”

French filmmaker Charlène Favier who broke out with the Cannes 2020 Label Slalom (read review) is currently in week 2 of production on her...

Breast the Wave: Charlène Favier Prepping “Oxana”

Slalom (Cannes 2020 Label) and La fille qu'on appelle a television film (that we mislabeled) to be released in the fall (via ARTE) filmmaker...

2023 Cannes Film Festival Predictions – Un Certain Regard

Last year's Un Certain Regard was a vintage year. A trio of films in Return to Seoul, Corsage and Godland could have easily been...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #36. Charlène Favier’s La Fille qu’on appelle

La Fille qu'on appelle Who knew that a tale about a ski instructor and favored skier narrative that teeters into power-struggle and examines sexual exploitation...

Slalom | Review

Slippery Slopes: Favier Blends Coming-of-Age and Sexual Assault Narrative in Chilly Debut There’s an immediate discomfort apparent in the opening act of Charlène Favier’s debut...

Descriptions added to the 56 Cannes Film Festival Selected Films for the 2020 Edition

Adding more value to their June 3rd unveiling, what went into this selection process and to be frank, some of these short descriptions will...

Introducing Our Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: A Precursor (Picks 300 to 151)

As we wave au revoir to a year in cinema that gave us the Berlinale Golden Bear winner Synonyms, the Cannes Palme d'Or winner...

The Conversation: Vying for Venice 2019 – Predictions!

Once again, Venice seems poised to make a killing by featuring a number of high-profile US auteurs in its line-up. Like last year’s program,...

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