Tag: Cinema of France

Unboxed Bertha: Marie Amachoukeli Comfy with Animation in “Ama Gloria” & New Project “Happy End”

As we eagerly await her sophomore feature Ama Gloria (currently in post but tipped to premiere later in the year), we just learned that...

Rodéo | Review

All Gas No Brakes: Quivoron’s Debut Fails to Hit Pay Dirt Further exploring the dirt-bike sub-culture she first examined in her short Dreaming of Baltimore...

Syntexte: A Mystery “French” Project with Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel & Diane Kruger

In a television interview over a month ago, actress Diane Kruger mentioned that she was set to act alongside Vincent Cassel and Louis Garrel...

Honest Mistake: Samuel Theis’ Summons Valeria Bruni Tedeschi & Anaïs Demoustier for “Je le jure”

Anaïs in Love pairing Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Anaïs Demoustier will once again be play partners in French filmmaker Samuel Theis' third feature film...

Leipzig love: Claire Burger Finds Lilith Grasmug for “Langue étrangère”

While le film français folks believe they have exclusive news on Nina Hoss and Chiara Mastroianni being cast in Claire Burger anticipated third feature...

Climate Changed: Aude Léa Rapin Begins “Planet B” with Exarchopoulos & Souheila Yacoub

Introduced at the Berlinale's EFM, production on Aude Léa Rapin's sophomore feature has officially begun with Adele Exarchopoulos and Souheila Yacoub toplining what is...

Hot Tub Time Machine: Brizé’s Begins Production on “Hors saison” with Canet & Rohrwacher

Stéphane Brizé is set to begin production in Brittany this month. Our friends at Cineuropa confirmed that Guillaume Canet and Alba Rohrwacher are indeed...

Le grand chariot (The Plough) | 2023 Berlin Film Festival Review

Father Knows Best: Garrel’s Family Affair Flounders in Banality Although co-credited to the late, great Jean-Claude Carrière and starring a whole gaggle of the Garrel...

The Beast in the Jungle | 2023 Berlin Film Festival Review

Waiting for the Stars to Align: Chiha Finds Fruit Rotting on the Vine “Good things come to those who wait” might be a commonly bastardized...

Return to Seoul | Review

Do You Know Where You’re Going To?: Chou Explores Identity & Adoption Through Complex Character Portrait Davy Chou returns with an intimate, unpredictable portrait of...

A Radiant Girl (Une jeune fille qui va bien) | Review

Games of Hate & Chance: Kiberlain Curates Characterization with Tragic Wartime Portrait In the eye of a swiftly gathering storm in the summer of 1942,...

Un beau matin (One Fine Morning) | Review

All the Mornings in the World: Seydoux Burns Bright in Hansen-Love’s Moving Drama Hannah Arendt succinctly remarked on the inference between 'doing' and 'understanding' in...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #15. Robin Campillo’s Red Island

Vazaha (Les Blancs) Forget about the numerous title changes, it appears that it took a little bit more time with detours due to the pandemic...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #17. Catherine Breillat’s L’été dernier

L’été dernier After almost a decade away from the camera, Catherine Breillat makes her return behind the camera working on a remake of Queen of Hearts...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #22. Valérie Donzelli’s L’amour et les forêts

L’amour et les forêts Adapted alongside Audrey Diwan, Valérie Donzelli moved into the turbulent relationship terrain with her sixth feature film. The book-to-film project features...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023:#25. Justine Triet’s Anatomie d’une chute

Anatomie d’une chute Last year we thought this might premiere and that Cannes was not in the cards. We can now take that back. Triet’s...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #28. Thomas Cailley’s Le Règne animal

Le Règne animal Thomas Cailley couldn't have asked for a better springboard with how 2014's Directors' Fortnight selected Love at First Fight was received -...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #31. Ira Sachs’ Passages

Passages A project we thought might drop in '22 is leading the gem offerings from the beginning of '23 instead. American indie filmmaker Ira Sachs...

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...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #63. Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub My Love: Canto Tre

Mektoub My Love: Canto Tre The pandemic and the servings of humble pie eaten after his Cannes 2019 premiere debacle means that while he might...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #64. Catherine Corsini’s Le retour

Le retour Formerly titled "La Loi du plus fort", Catherine Corsini began filming on Le retour back in September of last year. Set in Corsica,...

Saint Omer | Review

Parallel Mothers: Diop Explores Monstrousness and Motherhood in Provocative Courtroom Drama For her narrative feature debut Saint Omer, Alice Diop builds an agonizing and elegant...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #75. Quentin Dupieux’s DAAAAAALI !

DAAAAAALI ! A true original who never seems to be running out of zany ideas, we learned back in November that Quentin Dupieux was at...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #79. Jérémy Clapin’s Pendant ce temps sur Terre

Pendant ce temps sur Terre Jérémy Clapin made a huge splash with his debut film J'ai perdu mon corps (the animated film premiered in the...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #81. Stéphanie Di Giusto’s La Rosalie

La Rosalie Production on Stéphanie Di Giusto's sophomore feature took place in October of last year and it features the likes of Nadia Tereszkiewicz (a...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #84. Thomas Lilti’s Un Métier sérieux

Un Métier sérieux Production on Thomas Lilti's fifth feature commenced back in February of '22 in Normandy with a formidable comprised of Vincent Lacoste, François...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #90. Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel’s Eat the Night

Eat the Night Prior to premiering their feature debut Jessica Forever (TIFF Platform followed by a showcase at the Berlinale), Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #94. Erwan Le Duc’s No Love Lost

La fille de son père (aka No Love Lost) For his sophomore feature (which received some Fondation Gan coin), Erwan Le Duc moves...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #99. François Ozon’s Mon Crime

Mon Crime In his usual form, the indefatigable French filmmaker François Ozon filmed his twenty-second feature last April with the likes of Rebecca Marder and...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #102. Philippe Garrel’s Le Grande Chariot

Le Grande Chariot Cinema for the Garrels has always been a family affair but Philippe Garrel's 28th features feel a tad more special. Starring Louis...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #109. Ladj Ly’s Les Indésirables

Les Indésirables One of the last major projects to move into production in '22 and on this list is Ladj Ly's sophomore film with the...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #110. Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq’s Ama Gloria

Ama Gloria One-third of the trio who won the Camera d'Or for Party Girl back in 2014, Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq is the last one out of...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #118. Vanessa Filho’s Le Consentement

Le Consentement The filming taking place in May of last year, Vanessa Filho's sophomore film will leave no audience member unscathed. Based on Vanessa Springora's...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #120. Jean-Luc Godard’s Scénario

Scénario He left us on September 13th of last year and what remains are some possible gifts. Word is that Scénario could indeed be a...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #123. Delphine Deloget’s Rodéo

Rodéo Not to be confused with last year's Un Certain Regard title about street smarts and dirt bikes from Lola Quivoron, Delphine Deloget's Rodéo is...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #125. Thomas Bidegain’s Soudain, seuls

Soudain, seuls A thriller book-to-film adaptation that was originally meant to be worked in the English language and set to star Jake Gyllenhaal (The Sisters...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #127. Nora El Hourch’s HLM Pussy

HLM Pussy Among the feature film debuts high up on our list we find a scrappy French drama set in subsidized housing via short film...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #131. Romain de Saint-Blanquat’s La Morsure

La Morsure Another feature debut on our list that we're highly curious about is this item that received some coin backing from Gan Film Foundation...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #142. Michel Gondry’s Le Livre des solutions

Le Livre des solutions More than seven years after the release of Microbe & Gasoline, Michel Gondry returns to features (he produced a lot of...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #149. Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry

Jeanne du Barry Set to be a distracting world premiere unveiling due to on-set difficulties, Maïwenn directs herself, Johnny Depp, Louis Garrel, Pierre Richard, Noémie...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #150. Tran Anh Hung’s Le Pot-au-feu de Dodin Bouffant

Le Pot-au-feu de Dodin Bouffant Entering his fourth decade of filmmaking which began all the way back with the Cannes Film Festival Caméra d'Or winning...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #159. Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s Pas de vague

Pas de vague Just this past month, Teddy Lussi-Modeste was in the middle of production on his third feature film and it is worth noting...

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...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #186. Alice Zeniter & Benoît Volnais’ Before the Collapse

Avant l'effondrement It wasn't quite ready for a '21 launch, but author Alice Zeniter & Benoît Volnais will see their co-directorial debut break bread in...

Scruff Stuff: Razor Sharp Ensemble for Di Giusto’s “La Rosalie”

We had learned over the summer that Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Benoît Magimel were set to topline Stéphanie Di Giusto's La Rosalie and over the...

Error Prone: Noée Abita Navigates Cruel World in Victoria Musiedlak’s “La vie sauvage”

Production is due to begin next Monday on Victoria Musiedlak's feature debut and we've learned via Le Film Francais that Noée Abita will topline...

Un Couple | Review

A Human Voice: Wiseman Explores Catharsis and Suppression in Tranquil Soliloquy It’s no secret the Tolstoy household was also unhappy in its own unhappy way...

Interview: Adrian Moyse Dullin – The Right Words (Haut les coeurs)

Taking place within the confines of a chaotic city bus, The Right Words (Haut les Coeurs) is about seizing the moment, taking chances and...

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