Tag: French Cinema
Deep Trails: Jonathan Millet Tracing Roadmap for “Les Fantômes”
We are in the midst of getting ready for the offerings for 2023 and it's usually around the fourth quarter of each and every...
The Bronze Venus: Josephine Baker to be Jazzed Up by Maïmouna Doucouré
Coming off the TIFF world premiere of her sophomore film Hawa -- a very PG Capraesque adventure film bursting with magic dust, Maïmouna Doucouré...
Three-alarm Fire: Kechiche Working on Canto Due, Canto Tre & New Project with Olivier Loustau
Tunisian-French filmmaker Abdellatif Kechiche didn't need the pandemic as an excuse to hunker down. It is well known that his ego and reputation took...
Where are the Adults? Bérénice Bejo Joins Nora El Hourch’s “HLM Pussy”
Fresh off recent film festival premieres of hubby Michel Hazanavicius' Final Cut (Cannes) and Francesca Archibugi's The Hummingbird (TIFF), Bérénice Bejo will support indie...
Peaceful (De son vivant) | Review
The Big C Minus: Bercot Submerges Maudlin Disease Drama with Sentimentality
Cancer isn’t the only element degrading the lives of those defined by it in...
Live Reporting: Roschdy Zem Leads Correspondents in Alix Delaporte’s “Vivants”
Angel & Tony (2010) and Le dernier coup de marteau (2014) filmmaker Alix Delaporte is finally climbing back into the director's chair for a...
Fruits de Mer: Guillaume Canet Toplines Stéphane Brizé’s Next Project
Stéphane Brizé is set to move into production on his next ninth feature film as the first player to climb abroad will be vet...
In Utero: Hafsia Herzi Toplines Iris Kaltenbäck’s “Le Ravissement”
To be seen next year in Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due and Stéphane Demoustier's Ibiza, the always busy Hafsia Herzi leads a quartet of...
Spaced Out: Megan Northam Goes into Orbit for Jérémy Clapin’s “Pendant ce temps sur Terre”
After making a name for himself for a rather inventive (animated) tale of young love and true yearning, I Lost My Body filmmaker Jérémy...
¡Viva Argento! Isabelle Huppert Joins New Dario Argento Paris Project Next Spring
After shoring up in Jerzy Skolimowski's EO, Isabelle Huppert will now work with another octogenarian in horror helmer Dario Argento. Currently showcasing Dark Glasses...
Criterion Collection: Mr. Klein (1976) | Blu-ray Review
In Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Chinese Roulette (1976), a venomous marital melodrama, a character played by Margit Carstensen provocatively inquires, “Who would this person have...
Mitterrand Mindset: KimStim Brings Mikhaël Hers’ “The Passengers Of The Night” into the Family
Proving it's not too late for some Berlinale shopping, Deadline reports that the KimStim folks landed comp title Les Passagers de la nuit -...
Arte France Cinéma Backs Thierry de Peretti’s “À son image” & Vladimir Perisic’s “La honte”
Reported by our friends at Cineuropa, Arte France Cinéma are getting behind a quartet of new projects - a pair that are on our...
Corsica Consciousness: Esther Gohourou & Suzy Bemba Join Corsini’s “Le retour”
Casting is complete and cameras are currently rolling on Catherine Corsini's Le retour. We recently reported that Aïssatou Diallo Sagna was the first to...
Basic Instincts: Rebecca Zlotowski’s Moving into Erotic Thriller Terrain
In heavy press mode commencing first at the Venice Film Festival moving to the French media outlets for the France domestic release and finally...
Winter Girl: Chiara Mastroianni & Nina Hoss Get Schooled in Claire Burger’s “Langue étrangère”
Party Girl (2014) and C'est ça l'amour (2018) filmmaker Claire Burger has been slowly mounting her next feature a Franco-German portrait of youth and...
Summer Awakening: Aïssatou Diallo Sagna Returns to Corsini and “Le retour”
Back in July, we learned that Catherine Corsini was moving on to her next feature and now we've learned that she plucked a key...
Athena | Review
The World is (Not) Yours: Gavras Clumsily Tackles Civil Unrest, Police Brutality
Recalling elements of his father Costa-Gavras’ most iconic film, Z (1969), Romain Gavras...
La Gravité | 2022 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
Planet Alignment: Ito Brings Sci-fi to banlieue Drama
A standard issue banlieue crime pic is mashed up with thinly developed sci-fi elements in The Gravity...
Our Ties (Les Miens) | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
Fit to Be Tied: Zem Scuffles with Family Matters in Slight Drama
For his sixth film as director, celebrated actor Roschdy Zem assembles a notable...
Peter von Kant | Review
Save Your Tears for Another Day: Ozon Revels in the Camp Mystique of R.W. Fassbinder
It’s clear François Ozon has long been obsessed with the...
Out of this World: Lyna Khoudri Joins Bruno Dumont’s “L’Empire”
A film project that originally had (at different junctures) the likes of Virginie Efira, Lily-Rose Depp and Adèle Haenel had a change of fleet...
Sisterly Love: Vanessa Filho Builds Mistrust with Nina Hoss & Vanessa Paradis in Gender-Bending Thriller “Trespassers”
She has just wrapped her sophomore project Le Consentement this past June and Vanessa Filho has already set her gaze on an intriguing-sounding fact-based story...
Emotional Distress: Bertrand Bonello Begins Production on “La Bête”
Our friends at Cineuropa inform us that Bertrand Bonello has begun production on La Bête - his ninth feature film that will have had...
All Le Mans on Deck: Mélanie Laurent Revs Up “La grande odalisque”
With a half dozen feature films under her belt in just under a decade, Mélanie Laurent will be moving into the fast lane with...
Bringing Up Baby: Guillaume Nicloux Taps Fabrice Luchini for “La petite”
As we patiently wait for La Tour to drop (formerly known as La Tour d'Assitan, the film will have a November domestic release in...
Girlhood Uninterrupted: Corsini Begins Pre-production on “Le retour”
After performing a full on physical and medical examination of the societal woes in her native France by way of a hospital emergency room...
Both Sides of the Blade | Review
Lover Come Back: Denis Lets the Dark Side in Relationship Melodrama
Three’s definitely a crowd in Both Sides of the Blade (Avec amour et acharnement),...
Ghost Writers: Production Begins on Elise Girard’s “Sidonie au Japon” with Isabelle Huppert
The continuously busy Isabelle Huppert has booked her next flight. She'll be heading to Sidonie au Japon -- French filmmaker Élise Girard's third feature...
Soul Patch: Nadia Tereszkiewicz & Benoît Magimel Topline Stéphanie Di Giusto’s “La Rosalie”
Clearly Stéphanie Di Giusto is inspired by real women trailblazers of sorts from a certain epoque. After setting up her directorial debut with Soko...
Lyna Khoudri & Anders Danielsen Lie Are Courted for Victoria Musiedlak’s “La vie sauvage”
We've got some early casting news for a project that'll begin filming only late in the year and one that combines the likes of...
Do Not Follow: Erwan Le Duc Pits Nahuel Pérez-Biscayart & Maud Wyler in “La fille de son père”
Erwan Le Duc will be reuniting with his The Bare Necessity actress Maud Wyler and has set Nahuel Pérez-Biscayart BPM (Beats per Minute) as...
Be Kind Rewrite: Michel Gondry Begins Journey of “Le Livre des solutions” with Pierre Niney
We tapped out of Michel Gondry cinema back when Be Kind Rewind was released, and suddenly the filmmaker is now at the dozen film...
Murder Anyone? François Ozon’s Period Picture “Madeleine” Set for 2023 Release
Isabelle Huppert, Dany Boon, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier with young theps Rebecca Marder and Nadia Tereszkiewicz (who is coming from a Cannes Film Fest...
Fatima’s Faith: Hafsia Herzi Lines Up “La Petite Dernière” for 2023
Hafsia Herzi will be setting her sights on her third outing as early as next year. We've known Herzi as the face of Abdellatif Kechiche's...
After Blue (Dirty Paradise) | Review
Taste of a Toxic Paradise: Mandico Casts a Dark Spell with Broody Sci-Fi
Through a variety of short films, music videos (including several for M83),...
Un petit frère (Mother and Son) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review
Life in Rouen: Serraille Stacks Perspectives in Muted Tale of Immigration and Identity
After taking home the Camera d’Or for her 2017 feature Jeune Femme,...
Les Amandiers (Forever Young) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review
Mixed Nuts: Tedeschi Returns to Acting School in Charming, Vigorous Homage
For her fifth narrative feature, the indefatigable Valeria Bruni Tedeschi conjures a nostalgic reunion...
Don Juan | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review
A Woman is a Woman: Bozon Invokes the Eternal Seducer in Eccentric Musical
Much like Casanova, the name Don Juan has become a euphemism for...
Nos Cérémonies (Summer Scars) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review
Summertime Sadness: Reith Explores Brotherly Love with Ominous Magical Realism
It’s a formulation as old as storytelling, two men whose love for one another is...
Frère et soeur (Brother and Sister) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review
I’m Not One of Your Fans: Desplechin Delivers Camp Classic with Failed Melodrama
No one depicted in Frère et soeur (Brother and Sister), the latest...
Goutte d’Or (Son of Ramses) | 2022 Cannes Film Festival Review
Sun of a Gun: Cogitore Returns with Cryptic Drama on Violence, Exploitation
France’s Clément Cogitore is clearly a fan of the mysterious and inexplicable sinews...
Guilt Complex: Léa Drucker Toplines Catherine Breillat’s “L’été dernier”
Finally it will be Léa Drucker in the driver's seat (and not the originally attached Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) in Catherine Breillat's now titled L'été...
Lux Æterna | Review
Devil’s Familiars: Noé Stirs a Witches’ Brew in Latest Provocation
For those familiar with cult auteur Gaspar Noé, one either has a taste for his...
Depp in Court: Maïwenn’s “Jeanne du Barry” Courts Louis Garrel, Pierre Richard & Noémie Lvovsky
Johnny Depp might have missed out on a nice Disney payday, but he'll soon be holding court with the likes of Louis Garrel, Pierre...
Anaïs in Love | Review
She’s Pure as New York Snow: Bourgeois-Tacquet Charms in Effortless, Effective Comedy
With her unexpectedly charming debut, Anaïs in Love, director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet presents the...
I Love America | Review
I Never Sang for My Mother: Azuelos Mines Own Experiences for Dynamic Melodrama
Presenting a narrative partially autobiographical in nature with her latest film, I...
Black Box | Review
Guilt By Aviation: Gozlan Delivers Intrigue with Paranoia Tinged Tech Thriller
Director Yann Gozlan returns to the realm of social pariahs in his fourth...
Intergalactic: Lily-Rose Depp & Anamaria Vartolomei Become Airborne in Dumont’s “L’Empire”
There was some speculation at the beginning of the year Fabrice Luchini, Lily-Rose Depp, Adèle Haenel and Virginie Efira were looking to board the...
Paris, 13th District (Les Olympiades) | Review
Same Old Song & Angst: Audiard Misfires with Millennial Love Tugs
Jacques Audiard turns to youth culture amour fou with his latest feature, Paris, 13th...
