Tag: Niels Schneider
Coup de chance | Review
Bad Luck Banging: Luck is a Fickle Mistress in Allen’s Amusing Gallic Debut
For his fiftieth (and rumored to be last) film, Woody Allen’s French...
Exclusive: Clips for Héléna Klotz’s Spirit of Ecstasy – 2023 TIFF Platform Programme
Among the ten competition films selected for TIFF's prestige Platform programme, Héléna Klotz makes her long-awaited return to features with Spirit of Ecstasy (aka...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #137. Woody Allen’s Coup de Chance
Coup de Chance
Woody Allen returns to Paris for what is his 50th film and what could be a new film in the vein of...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #164. Héléna Klotz’s La Vénus d’argent
La Vénus d’argent
From shorts, to docs and a 2012 feature film debut that premiered at the Berlinale (Atomic Age), Héléna Klotz's output has been...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #186. Alice Zeniter & Benoît Volnais’ Before the Collapse
Avant l'effondrement
It wasn't quite ready for a '21 launch, but author Alice Zeniter & Benoît Volnais will see their co-directorial debut break bread in...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #98. Alice & Benoît Zeniter’s Avant l’effondrement
Avant l'effondrement
Writing her first novel when she was still a teen - the written word is definitely her strong suit and while Alice Zeniter...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #90. Benoît Jacquot’s Suzanna Andler
Suzanna Andler
Benoît Jacquot, whose perennial output was also delayed by the pandemic, turns to Marguerite Duras for inspiration for his next film, Suzanna Andler,...
Sibyl | Review
Doctor Strange: Triet Gets Tricky with Autofiction Affair
Reuniting with Virginie Efira, the lead from her 2016 sophomore breakout Victoria (aka In Bed with Victoria),...
Love Affair(s) | Cannes 2020 Label Review
The Most Important Thing is to Love: Mouret’s Loquacious Ode to Capricious Romance(s)
With narratives often constructed on the gossamer threads of human interactions, it’s...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #69. Suzanna Andler – Benoît Jacquot
Suzanna Andler
Benoît Jacquot, who rarely lets the earth circle the sun without unveiling a new project, turns to Marguerite Duras for inspiration for his...
La femme de mon frère | 2019 Cannes Film Festival Review
Is There a Doctorate in the House? Chokri Skids and Skates without Moving
Moving from her award-winning short Quelqu'un d’extraordinaire (2013) debut which dealt with...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 12 – Justine Triet’s Sibyl
And the final film to roll out of the competition this year belongs to that of Justine Triet. She came to fiction film by way...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #62. Sibyl – Justine Triet
Sibyl
Following the runaway success of her 2016 sophomore film Victoria, director Justine Triet returns with the highly anticipated dramedy Sibyl, filmed in secret over...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #147. Curiosa – Lou Jeunet
Curiosa
French director Lou Jeunet makes her directorial debut with Curiosa, produced by Olivier Delbosc for Curiosa Films. Lensed by Simon Roca (9 Fingers, 2017),...
Polina | Review
The Spurning Point: Preljocaj Does the Dance Divine with Sensible Debut
Famed French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj melds his modern rhythms with a classic bildungsroman structure...
2015 Marrakech Int. Film Fest: Jury Duty for Corbijn, Vinterberg, Jeunet & Demoustier…
The juries have been announced for the 2015 Marrakech Int. Film Fest, and the Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola) will be in good company. A...
