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The Conversation: Producer Michel Merkt

Swiss producer Michel Merkt, who runs his own company KNM alongside his wife and often produces noted international projects with Said Ben Said of...

Elle | Blu-ray Review

Isabelle Huppert scored some of the best notices of her prolific career with Paul Verhoeven’s Elle. The Dutch auteur’s French language debut, which premiered...

Best of 2016: Nicholas Bell’s Top 20 Theatrical Releases: Picks 10 to 1

Recapping yesterday's 20 to 11 countdown/up. 20. David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water 19. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Creepy 18. Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship 17. Anders Thomas Jensen's Men...

Interview: Isabelle Huppert – Paul Verhoeven’s Elle

There’s never been a performer quite like Isabelle Huppert, the elusive and enigmatic center of auteur art-house cinema since she broke out in 1977...

Elle | Review

Losing Her Religion: Verhoeven Directs a Fearless Huppert in Provocative Psychological Thriller Arriving with a knotty snarl of perverse commentary, Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven proves...

The Conversation: Top 10 Films Mid-Year Ranking

In an effort to dribble some new blood into conversations regarding the best cinematic bits to reach release in 2016, we’ve opened our top...

The Conversation: Goodbye to Foreign Language

Nearing the second half of 2016, there’s much yet to be revealed in global cinema, with major platforms in Venice and TIFF likely to...

Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, Aquarius, Elle & Paterson Top our 2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel

Yesterday's George Miller led jury pronounced Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake as the best from the 2016 competition of twenty-one films, and they gave...

2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 11: Paul Verhoeven Brings Loaded “Elle” to the Table

Elle not only sees Paul Verhoeven's long awaited return to the Croisette (his only ever Cannes showing being 1992's Basic Instinct) but it also counts as...

The Conversation: Five Most Anticipated Titles of Cannes 2016

Judging by the lineup of auteurs competing in the main competition at Cannes 2016, thus far it’s already promising to be a stellar festival,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #3. Paul Verhoeven’s Elle

Elle Director: Paul Verhoeven Writers: David Birke, Harold Manning Words cannot describe how excited we are to see the pairing of Paul Verhoeven and Isabelle Huppert in...

A Cannes Opener: 2016 Cannes Film Festival Predictions

A furious slew of titles in the works would seem to prophesize a robust main competition slate for Cannes 2016. Though our initial list...

Cinema Italiano: 2015 Venice Film Festival Predictions

Now that we’ve come out of the Cannes ether, we can examine several of the names glaringly absent from the lineup that may potentially...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #2. Paul Verhoeven’s Elle

Elle Director: Paul Verhoeven // Writer: David Birke One cannot overlook the plentiful cinematic contributions of Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven, who made waves back in 1973...

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