Tag: French Cinema
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #38. Farewell to the Night (L’Adieu a la nuit) – André Téchiné
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...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #115. The Thousand Miles – Sylvain Chomet
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...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #125. Chanson Douce – Lucie Borleteau
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...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #136. Lisa Redler – Nicole Garcia
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...
Video: Romain Gavras’ The World is Yours (Le monde est à toi) | 2018 Cannes Film Festival
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...
Criterion Collection: Cold Water (1994) | Blu-ray Review
Occasionally, a rare cinematic kernel lost to the ages due to whatever obsequious copyright or distributor issues, manages to resurface despite the odds. We...
Off Set 2018 TIFF Portrait Series: Maya
In a creative spurt that will have given us give her seminal film Things to Come (review) in 2016, the TIFF world preemed Maya (2018)...
Maya | 2018 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
Maya Love is Your Love: Hansen-Love Stumbles with Sluggish Romantic Drama
Following on the heels of her most widely acclaimed feature to date, 2016’s Things...
Interview: Meryem Benm’Barek – Sofia | 2018 Cannes Film Festival
By way of the young, unmarried Moroccan titular protagonist, Meryem Benm'Barek cuts her teeth with a piece that looks at the unwanted pregnancy under the...
Back to Burgundy | Review
Days of Wine and More Wine: Klapisch Delivers a Weak Vintage with Sibling Saga
French director Cedric Klapisch has enjoyed something of a singular, sanctified...
