Tag: Jean-Yves Roubin
Alpha | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review
Turn to Stone: Ducournau Hits a Wall with Disease Allegory
“Death is the cure for all illness,” wrote English writer Thomas Browne, which is a...
Bring Them Down | Review
Everybody Hurts: All Pain and No Gain in Christopher Andrews’ Debut Bring Them Down
If misery loves company, then Bring Them Down is a party....
Maldoror | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion: Du Welz Revisits Bungled Belgian Murder Case
“It is grand to contemplate the ruins of cities; but it is...
Animale | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
Toro Toro Toro: Amamra Grabs the Bull By the Horns in Transformative Role
For those who champion the bull in Spain's electrifying yet antiquated tradition...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Maxime Giroux’s In Cold Light
With five feature films under his belt, this past summer Maxime Giroux moved into the saddle of his English language debut (2014's Félix et...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Christopher Andrews’ Bring Them Down
When a pair of exceptionally talented actors initially commit to a project and then part ways, not due to a lack of interest in...
The Beast in the Jungle | 2023 Berlin Film Festival Review
Waiting for the Stars to Align: Chiha Finds Fruit Rotting on the Vine
“Good things come to those who wait” might be a commonly bastardized...
The Damned Don’t Cry | 2022 Venice Film Festival Review
A Boy’s Best Friend is His Mother: Boulifa Explores Complex Symbiosis in Mother-Son Drama
Although it’s cribbing the title of a 1950 Joan Crawford starrer,...
Earwig | Review
Earsatz: Hadzihalilovic Sinks Her Teeth In Ambiguous Menace
For her highly anticipated third feature, France’s Lucile Hadzihalilovic resorts to adaptation with the enigmatic Earwig, based...
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...
Inexorable | 2021 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review
The Hand that Mocks the Cradle: Du Welz Finds an Interloper in Vintage Throwback
Long before a lithesome ingenue shows up to ruin a wealthy...
Interview: Fabrice Du Welz – Inexorable
For his seventh feature film Belgian filmmaker Fabrice Du Welz returns to the family domicile to chaos and mayhem. While in his previous film...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #27. Fabrice du Welz’s Inexorable
Inexorable
Produced by Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts
Directed by Fabrice du Welz
Written by Fabrice du Welz, Joséphine Darcy Hopkins, Aurélien Molas
Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
Cinematographer:...
The Girl with a Bracelet | Review
Murder was the Case That They Gave Her: Demoustier Delivers a Chilly Courtroom Thriller
While it’s far from the first film to examine the popular,...
Sea Fever | Review
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Hardiman Finds Humanity in the Horror
We’ve seen countless films about bands of isolated humans in...
Alone at My Wedding | 2018 Warsaw International Film Festival Review
A Lonely Flower Dress: Bergman Delivers Raw, Touching Romani Emancipation Drama
Marta Bergman’s feature debut depicts the struggle of Pamela (Alina Șerban), a young Romani...
