Tag: Jacques-Henri Bronckart

Vermiglio | Review

Baby Machines: Delpero Designs Tapestry of Women’s Miseries During WWII Italy Despite the associations suggested by its title, Maura Delpero’s sophomore film Vermiglio is a...

2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Benoît Delhomme’s Mother’s Instinct

Another one of those titles that felt more than ready for a 2023 drop, that could be plopped a bit anywhere next year --...

Interview: Delphine Girard – Quitter la nuit (Through the Night)

Belgian filmmaker Delphine Girard's debut film takes a plunge into the murky world she created with her 2018 short film Une sœur - an...

Interview: Lukas Dhont – Close

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize (tied with Claire Denis) at this year's Cannes Film Festival, with his sophomore feature, Lukas Dhont has cemented...

Close | Review

The Children’s Hour: Dhont Explores Unspoken Realities in Masterful Drama The essence of Close, the sophomore film from Belgium’s Lukas Dhont, is akin to the...

35th European Film Awards: A Cannes Comp rematch for Ali Abbasi, Lukas Dhont & Ruben Ôstlund

Three huge winners at this year's Cannes Film Festival lead the noms for the 35th European Film Awards. Lukas Dhont’s Close, Ali Abbasi’s Holy...

Incredible But True | 2022 Berlin International Film Festival Review

Beauty Secrets: Dupieux Latest a Strangely Tragic Fable on Human Foibles The films of Quentin Dupieux, a prolific Belgian director who has spent most of...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #75. Passion Simple – Danielle Arbid

Passion Simple Lebanese born French filmmaker Danielle Arbid mounts a high profile adaptation for her fifth narrative feature, Passion Simple, based on the popular 1992...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #132. Filles de joie – Frédéric Fonteyne

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)...

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