Tag: Charlotte Rampling
Benedetta | Review
Blaspheme, Queen: Verhoeven Turns to Nunsploitation in Erotic Melodrama
Occupying a dazzling intersection of exploitation and queer historical recuperation is the long-awaited Benedetta from Dutch...
Dune | Review
Spice Up Your Life: Villeneuve Embarks with Somber Take on the Sci-Fi Classic
The journey of Dune to the big screen has been an arduous...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #10. Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta
Benedetta
Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by David Birke, Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Virginie Efira, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Daphne...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #2. Benedetta – Paul Verhoeven
Benedetta
Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by David Birke, Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Virginie Efira, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Daphne...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #1. Benedetta – Paul Verhoeven
Benedetta
Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven made a whopping comeback with his first French language film in 2016’s Elle, which snagged Isabelle Huppert (check out our...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #69. Last Words – Jonathan Nossiter
Last Words
For his fourth narrative feature, US based filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter embarks on the long-gestating Last Words, a French-Italian co-production through Paris-based Doc &...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #112. Valley of the Gods – Lech Majewski
Valley of the Gods
Polish director Lech Majewski’s long gestating art-house sci-fi film Valley of the Gods should finally pop up somewhere in 2018. Majewki...
Interview: Andrea Pallaoro – Hannah
Rare are the film narratives that place so much emphasis on the backstory without...divulging it. Rare in cinema do we find unflappable and muted...
Hannah | Review
No Whale Out: Pallaoro Strikes Somber Chords with Pitch Perfect Rampling
You’ll be hard pressed to find another melodrama as inconspicuously tightlipped as Andrea Pallaoro’s...
Red Sparrow | Review
Bird of Prey: Lawrence Tries a Red Scare with Gritty Espionage Thriller
Like the Marquis de Sade outfitted for a contemporaneous tangent of the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #78. Lech Majewski’s Valley of the Gods
Valley of the Gods
Polish writer/director Lech Majewski, who received story credit on Julian Schnabel’s 1996 Basquiat, has garnered acclaim for his own directorial efforts,...
Criterion Collection: 45 Years | Blu-ray Review
Taking home Best Actor and Actress awards out of its premiere at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival for leads Tom Courtenay and Charlotte...
The Sense of an Ending | Review
Man of Letters: Batra Crafts Low-Key Adaptation with Handsome Ensemble
“The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid,”...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #30. Lech Majewski’s Valley of the Gods
Valley of the Gods
Director: Lech Majewski
Writer: Lech Majewski
Polish writer/director Lech Majewski, who received story credit on Julian Schnabel’s 1996 Basquiat, has garnered acclaim for...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #34. Lisa Langseth’s Euphoria
Euphoria
Director: Lisa Langseth
Writer: Lisa Langseth
Swedish director Lisa Langseth makes her English language debut with her third feature, Euphoria. A festival favorite thanks to her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 67. Andrea Pallaoro’s The Whale
The Whale
Director: Andrea Pallaoro
Writer: Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado
One of Italy’s most notable up-and-coming auteurs is Andrea Pallaoro, whose 2008 award winning short ‘Wunderkammer,’ preceded...
2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ritesh Batra’s The Sense of an Ending
He piled on the short films more or less around the time where he was selected for 2009 Sundance Writers and Directors Labs with...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #44. Ritesh Batra’s The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending
Director: Ritesh Batra
Writer: Nick Payne
After premiering his 2013 debut The Lunchbox at Critics' Week in Cannes (where it was bestowed...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #49. Andrea Pallaoro’s The Whale
The Whale
Director: Andrea Pallaoro
Writers: Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado
One of Italy's most notable up-and-coming auteurs is Andrea Pallaoro, whose 2008 award winning short 'Wunderkammer,' preceded...
45 Years | Review
The One You’re With: Haigh’s Superb Examination of Marriage and Things Left Unsaid
With imperceptible grace, 45 Years portrays the warping of a near half...
The Forbidden Room | Review
Dreams! Visions! Madness!: Maddin & Johnson’s Extravagant Symphony of Silent Cinema Fantasia
Those familiar with the works of auteur Guy Maddin, sometimes referred to as...
Portrait of the Artist | 2015 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Review
On My Skin: Barraud Explores the Essence of Monstrosity
There are moments within Antoine Barraud’s sophomore feature Portrait of the Artist that tend to feel...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #27. Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years
45 Years
Director: Andrew Haigh // Writers: David Constantine, Andrew Haigh
British director Andrew Haigh stormed South By Southwest in 2011 with his sophomore film Weekend,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #35. Guy Maddin’s Spiritisms
Spiritisms
Director: Guy Madden
Writers: Evan Johnson, Robert Kotyk, Kim Morgan, Guy Maddin
Producers: Centre Pompideu
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Gerladine Chaplin, Udo Kier, Mathieu Amalric,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #1. Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Nymphomaniac
Director: Lars von Trier
Writer(s): Lars von Trier
Producer(s): Zentropa's Louise Vesth & Marie Cecilie Gade
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #32. Guy Maddin’s Spiritismes
Spiritismes
Director: Guy Maddin
Writer(s): Evan Johnson, Robert Kotyk
Producer(s): Phyllis Laing
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Geraldine Chaplin, Maria de Medeiros, Mathieu Amalric, Udo Kier, Amira...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #67. Francois Ozon’s Jeune et Jolie
Jeune et Jolie
Director/Writer: François Ozon
Producer(s): Mandarin Cinéma's Eric and Nicolas Altmayer
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Fantin Ravat, Nathalie Richard,...
