Tag: Liliane Rovère

La cache (The Safe House) | 2025 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review

May Days: Baier’s Broad Commentary on a Revolutionary Footnote “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people,” said Eleanor Roosevelt. Dipping...

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,...

Her Love is Real, But She is Not: Gainsbourg Plays with Gender Norms in “Je t’aime moi non plus” (1976) Blu-ray Review

An obscure oddity from the late 70s, to be sure, is French pop artist Serge Gainsbourg’s 1976 directorial debut, Je t’aime moi non plus...

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 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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