In a world concerned with rigid dichotomies, there remains a roughhewn juxtaposition of the male gaze and the female gaze. Taking into consideration the...
The Most Important Thing is to Love: Mouret’s Loquacious Ode to Capricious Romance(s)
With narratives often constructed on the gossamer threads of human interactions, it’s...
I Remember Mama: Kore-eda Anoints Deneuve as a Diva in Pleasurable Drama
A subtle exercise in the limited reality of both perspective and memory, auteur...
A Room with a Screw: Honoré Waxes Playful on Marital Discord
The flexibility (or lack thereof) of fidelity in heteronormative relationships is at the center...
Full Leather Jacket: Dupieux’s Cinema Bizarre Continues with Killer Style
Quentin Dupieux, France’s purveyor or loopy absurdism, returns with Deerskin, headlined by high-profilers Jean...
A prominent member of the French New Wave, often credited as the French Hitchcock, director Claude Chabrol’s first few features were internationally renowned, seminal...
Winning the Golden Bear at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, Nadav Lapid’s third film Synonyms was one of the best theatrical releases of...
L'Etreinte
Initially announced in 2013, actor Ludovic Bergery (who has starred in films by Benoît Jacquot and Mia Hansen-Løve) finally broke bread with his directorial...
Filles de joie
French director Frédéric Fonteyne breaks an eight-year hiatus with his fifth feature Filles de joie aka Working Girls (initially titled The Border)...
Vaurien
French director Peter Dourountzis will make his directorial debut with the thriller Vaurien, produced by Sebastien Haguenauer. The project is headlined by Pierre Deladonchamps...
Sous le ciel d'Alice
For her directorial debut, celebrated short film director Chloé Mazlo will have Sous le ciel d’Alice (translated as Under Alice’s Sky) on...
Louis Garrel’s sophomore film, A Faithful Man, which was co-written by the esteemed scribe Jean-Claude Carriere, premiered at TIFF in 2018 prior to competing...
Paint it Bright: Sciamma Dazzles with Career-Best, Ardent Period Drama
You only need a few seconds to fall in line with Céline Sciamma’s commanding directorial...
Kino Lorber resurrects Diabolically Yours, the final film from French auteur Julien Duvivier, arguably the most neglected member of the “Big Five” of classic...
Lost in Translation: Lapid Languishes in Enigmatic, Complex Study on Cultural Identities
The rejection of self and the adoption of persona are prominent themes pouring...
Teacher Pets: Audry’s Lesbian Melodrama Reclaims the Spotlight in New Restoration
Returning to dispel the historical erasure of queer representation in cinema is Olivia, a...
Kino Lorber pilfers another title from Criterion Collection with the re-release of Port of Shadows on Blu-ray. A seminal French film noir, the film’s...
E.T. Clone Home: Dumont Gets Delirious in Sci-Fi Themed Series Sequel
Ever the nonconformist, French auteur Bruno Dumont seems to be in the midst of...
He’s an Easy Lover: Garrel Leans on Influences with Fitful Love Triangle(s)
Actor cum director Louis Garrel returns to a fussy triptych with his sophomore...
Dancing…Yeah: Kechiche Spins Like a Record Round in Vacuous Sequel
The French-Tunisian director who won the 2013 Palme d’Or for Blue is the Warmest Color...
Crimes of the Heart: Rapin Explores Mediums as Remembrance with Inquisitive Debut
The idea of reincarnation was once a virulent staple of American genre films,...
An Outpost of Progress: Denis Gets Daring with Esoteric Sci-Fi
Of Claire Denis’ impressive English language debut High Life, perhaps a famous line from Alien...
Be Kind Unwind: Radiant Performances Buoy Hers Powerful Drama
Unless we’re talking about heist films, preparedness is often a trait lacking in protagonists and when...
Youth Without Youth: Ionesco Waxes and Wavers on Partying at Le Palace
Writer-director Eva Ionesco returns to semi-autobiographical inspiration for her sophomore film Golden Youth...
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...
Zombi Child
Art-house auteur Bertrand Bonello returns with what’s described as a mix between ‘ethnology and fantasy’ for his eighth feature, Zombi Child. Following the...
Bergman Island
Mia Hansen-Løve continues her prolific output with the French-produced English language Bergman Island, her seventh feature in just a little over a decade...
J’accuse
Controversial director Roman Polanski embarks on his 22nd film production J’accuse this fall, a recuperation of the infamous Dreyfus Affair which he’s been working...
Jeanne
The idiosyncratic French auteur Bruno Dumont finds himself in full sequel swing with Jeanne, a follow-up to his lauded 2017 musical Jeannette, the Childhood...
Farewell to the Night (L’Adieu a la nuit)
French auteur André Téchiné reunites with Catherine Deneuve for the eighth time with Farewell to the Night...
The Thousand Miles
Sylvain Chomet may finally be ready with his fourth feature (and third animated project) The Thousand Miles, his first return to the...
Chanson Douce
French director Lucie Borleteau heads into sophomore territory with Chanson Douce (translates as Lullaby), an adaptation of the novel by Leila Slimani (known as The...
Lisa Redler
Actress/director Nicole Garcia commences her ninth feature with Lisa Redler, returning to work with producers David Thion and Philippe Martin for Les Films...
We haven't been bemused by gangsta comedy genre perhaps since Guy Ritchie's bumbling idiot films, and yet with this long anticipated sophomore film, Romain...