Tag: Jérémie Renier
All Guts No Glory: Céleste Brunnquel, Renier, Edoardo Pesce & Matt Dilon Join Jessica Palud’s “Maria”
Anamaria Vartolomei (who broke out big in Audrey Diwan's Happening) will be surrounded by the likes of Céleste Brunnquell (who'll be seen in Critics'...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #84. Cédric Jimenez’s Novembre
Novembre
Perhaps France's answer to Antoine Fuqua, Cédric Jimenez has padded his decade long filmography working mostly with gritty texts that either get in tight...
Slalom | Review
Slippery Slopes: Favier Blends Coming-of-Age and Sexual Assault Narrative in Chilly Debut
There’s an immediate discomfort apparent in the opening act of Charlène Favier’s debut...
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: #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 2020: #141. The Hunter’s Son – Ricky Rijneke
The Hunter’s Son
Dutch director Ricky Rijneke lands Jérémie Renier to topline her sophomore feature The Hunter’s Son, described as a “man’s story told by...
Frankie | Review
A Death in the Family: Sachs Sacks Huppert in Sun Dappled Soap Opera
The latest film from American director Ira Sachs is set in the...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Ira Sachs’ Frankie
The French have a fondness for Americana from the likes of Clint Eastwood, James Gray, Sean Baker and Ira Sachs who for this seventh...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #21. Ira Sachs’ Frankie
Frankie
Ira Sachs' first production outside North America managed to lasso the likes of Isabelle Huppert, Marisa Tomei, Greg Kinnear, Jérémie Renier and Brendan Gleeson...
Thinking Triple XXX in Ozon’s Double Lover (2017) | Blu-ray Review
Though it will perhaps be best remembered as a sordid little slice of Eurotrash, there’s a lot of fun to be had with Francois...
Video: François Ozon’s Amant Double – 2017 Cannes Film Festival
Here is the press conference arrival for François Ozon's Amant Double starring Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset, Myriam Boyer and Dominique Reymond. The...
The Conversation: The 2017 Venice & TIFF Vortex
As the fall festival circuit looms, anticipation is high for a number of items expected to premiere in the fourth quarter. Following a glut...
L’Amant double | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review
Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun: Ozon Hearkens Back to Enfant Terrible Days with Erotic Skin Flick
The forgotten art of the campy erotic thriller...
The Conversation: One Never Cannes Tell (2017 Edition)
It’s hard to believe, but we’re about five weeks away from the unveiling of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival lineup. After several months of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #53. Francois Ozon’s Double Lover
Double Lover
Director: Francois Ozon
Writer: Francois Ozon
Perennial favorite Francois Ozon shows no signs of slowing, embarking on his seventeenth feature Double Lover even as he...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 8: Dardennes Get Clean Bill of Health for “The Unknown Girl”
Padding their already impressive filmography as filmmakers, the Dardennes are becoming a force in auteur-driven films as producers. Landing a little everywhere in Cannes...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #1. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne’s La Fille inconnue
La Fille inconnue
Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Writers: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
The two-time Palme d'Or winning Belgian duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Rosetta; L'Enfant) take...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #48. Tran Anh Hung’s Eternité
Eternité
Director: Tran Anh Hung
Writer: Tran Anh Hung
Vietnamese auteur Tran Anh Hung had a smoldering early career, snagging the Camera d’Or at Cannes for his...
Saint Laurent | Review
Once again, Make it the Same Only New
With this biopic on the great French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello streamlines for himself...
Waste Land | 2014 TIFF Review
Fear in a Handful of Dust: Van Hees Completes Trilogy with Dark Metaphor
Belgian director Pieter Van Hees completes his thematically connected "Anatomy of Love and...
The Great Man | 2014 TIFF Review
A More Accurate Title Might Have Been The “Good” or “Serviceable” Man
Much like Kathryn Bigelow does with many of her works or like Jasmine...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #22. Bertrand Bonello’s Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent
Director: Bertrand Bonello
Writers: Bertrand Bonello & Thomas Bidegain
Producers: Mandarin Cinéma’s Eric and Nicolas Altmayer
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel, Jérémie Renier,...
