Summertime Sadness: Sironi Escapes to Sicily in Oblique Friendship Drama
There’s no running away from the past, no matter how glorious the sun dappled idyll...
La vie sauvage
With only a handful of shorts under her belt, for her directorial debut, French filmmaker Victoria Musiedlak landed the likes of Noée...
Les cinq diables
Produced by F comme Film's Jean-Louis Livi, Trois Brigands Productions' Fanny Yvonnet
Directed by Léa Mysius
Written by Léa Mysius, Paul Guilhaume.
Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos,...
Les passagers de la nuit (Night Birds)
His film festival bingo card includes Locarno (2010's Memory Lane), Rotterdam (2016's This Summer Feeling), and Venice (2018's...
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...
Les cinq diables
France’s Léa Mysius continues her ascension with her sophomore directorial project Les cinq diables. Starring Adele Exarchopoulos, Moustapha Mbengue and reteaming with...
Les cinq diables
France’s Léa Mysius has been working on several projects but looks to have her sophomore film Les cinq diables potentially completed in...
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.