Tag: Cinema of France
Stitched Together: Ella Rumpf, Louis Garrel & Garance Marillier Join ‘Coutures’
Production is officially underway on Alice Winocour's fifth feature film, Coutures aka Stitches, and the casting announcements keep getting bigger. Joining yesterday's reveal of...
Upcoming Collections: Angelina Jolie Strikes a Pose for Alice Winocour ‘Stitches’ (aka Coutures)
Back in September we reported that French filmmaker Alice Winocour had begun pre-production on her fifth feature film and a major casting announcement has...
Emilia Pérez | Review
Risky Business: Audiard Surprises with Vibrant Genre Musical
Although it’s assembled from unlikely, even questionable sources, Jacques Audiard’s latest feature, Emilia Pérez, a genre...
Make No Promises: Virginie Efira & Arieh Worthalter Topline Kruithof’s ‘Les Braises’
In a double Virginie Efira casting news type of day, we learn that after dropping in Rebecca Zlotowski's Vie Privée, the actress will move...
Murder She Notes: Efira, Amalric, Lacoste & Luana Bajrami Join Zlotowski’s ‘Vie Privée’
Last week, we got the confirmation that Jodie Foster and Daniel Auteuil were toplining Rebecca Zlotowski’s Vie Privée and now we have a more...
We Were Two: Jodie Foster Joins Daniel Auteuil in Rebecca Zlotowski’s ‘Vie Privée’
She's coming off a career-best with Other People's Children (2022 Venice Film Festival selection) and recently was one of the scribes on Audrey Diwan's...
Daaaaaali! | Review
Good Golly, It’s Dali: Dupieux Dreams Surreal in Distinctive Biopic
It seems surrealism’s pioneer Salvador Dali is experiencing something of a culturally concentric resurgence as...
Time for Change: Anna Cazenave Cambet Begins Production on ‘Love Me Tender’ with Vicky Krieps, Reinartz, Chokri & Ji-Min Park
French filmmaker Anna Cazenave Cambet was setting up shop for her sophomore feature with Vicky Krieps and Antoine Reinartz (Anatomy of a Fall fame)...
Number Five: Alice Winocour is in Pre-Production on Paris-Based Young Adult Portrait
A recent casting notice reveals that French filmmaker Alice Winocour, whose last film Revoir Paris was selected for Directors' Fortnight in 2022, is in...
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...
And Their Children After Them | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Teenage Wasteland: Boukherma Bros. Sprawl with Coming-of-Age Melodrama
French directing twins Ludovic & Zoran Boukherma swing hard with their fourth feature, And Their Children After...
Three Friends (Trois amies) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Lyon Lies Bleeding: Mouret Explores L’amour Fou (Encore)
Even for those unfamiliar with the filmography of Emmanuel Mouret, his latest film, Three Friends will unequivocally...
Planète B | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Say My Name Say My Name: Rapin Conquers Hearts, Minds and VR HeadSets in Wonky Digital Dystopia Piece
After exploring themes of rebirth and reincarnation...
Exclusive Clip: Invalid Expire Dates in Aude Léa Rapin’s ‘Planet B’
After splashing in the Critics' Week section on the Croisette with Heroes Don't Die (2019), Aude Léa Rapin returns to another Critics' Week section...
Cent mille milliards | 2024 Locarno Film Festival Review
The Unhappy Hooker: Vernier Explores Ennui in Monaco
Interconnected drifters aligned with sex work once again provide the backbone for Virgil Vernier’s third feature 100,000,000,000,000...
Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret Prefer “Ma frère”, Emmanuel Marre Goes Solo on “Notre salut”
As usual, the folks at Cineuropa get the dibs on CNC’s advance receipt news and today we learn that The Worst Ones (Les Pires)...
The Deep Blue V: Sophie Letourneur Sets Sails for “L’Aventura”
Savory wine, blissful beaches, rugged topography, and an elusive Philippe Katerine who plays Jean-Philippe -- we've been keeping close tabs on what will be...
Two for 2025?: Xavier Giannoli’s “Jean et Corinne Luchaire” & Rebecca Zlotowski’s “Vie privée” Receive CNC Support
We have the first details on the next feature films from a pair of French auteurs who arguably are both coming off what might...
Third Time’s A Charm: Dupieux & Exarchopoulos Re-team on “L’Avant-dernière séance”
After collaborating with the other half of the Blue is the Warmest Color tandem, Quentin Dupieux is re-teaming with actress Adèle Exarchopoulos for L’Avant-dernière...
Interview: Léa Drucker – Last Summer (L’été dernier)
She was pulled from obscurity (or non-retirement since her last feature was 2013's Abuse of Weakness) when Saïd Ben Saïd optioned the rights to...
The Vourdalak | Review
Love in the Blood: Beau Resurrects Russian Vampire Clan in Eccentric Genre Throwback
Chuck Palahniuk wrote it best, referencing an ‘old saying’ in his 1996...
Laying Brick: Robin Campillo to Shoot “Enzo” this Month
The passing of the torch was confirmed around Cannes, and rather than what might have been an August shoot, Les Films de Pierre producer...
The Most Precious Of Cargoes | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Zone of Disinterest: Hazanavicius Reanimates the Holocaust in Moral Fable
What’s most interesting about director Michel Hazanavicius are his valiant attempts at dabbling in...
L’amour Ouf (Beating Hearts) | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
Thief of Hearts: Lellouche’s Sprawling Romance Has Arrhythmia
A common occurrence for actors moonlighting as directors is not knowing how to hone a focus, crafting...
Marcello Mio | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
In the Name of the Father: Honore Pays Homage via Identity Crisis
“I only exist when I am working on a film,” Marcello Mastroianni...