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Mama Weed | Review

Selective Affinities: High-Fives for Huppert & Hannelore Cayre in Vivacious French Neo-noir Often described as cold, icy, impassive, and inscrutable, the performances of Isabelle Huppert,...

Albatros (Drift Away) | 2021 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Bye Bye Birdie: Beauvois Bears Burdens in Old-Fashioned Melodrama The albatross, a large white seabird with a significant wingspan, has been a symbol of a...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #51. Xavier Beauvois’ Albatros

Albatros Director Xavier Beauvois will be ready with his eighth feature, Albatros (formerly titled Un petit-fils, or A Grandson) in 2021. Produced by Sylvie Pialat...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #26. La Daronne – Jean-Paul Salomé

La Daronne Director Jean-Paul Salomé’s international reputation should expand significantly with his eighth feature, La Daronne aka Mama Weed, adapted from a celebrated novel by...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #50. Un petit-fils – Xavier Beauvois

Un petit-fils Director Xavier Beauvois will be ready with his eighth feature, Un petit-fils (A Grandson) in 2020. Sylvie Pialat (we featured the producer as...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #45. La Daronne – Jean-Paul Salomé

La Daronne Director Jean-Paul Salomé nets Isabelle Huppert for his eighth feature, La daronne, which is based on a novel by popular crime writer Hannelore...

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