Tag: Olivier Demangel

Moulin | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Elevator the Gallows: Nemes Aims to Exhaust in Homage to the French Resistance Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic account of the French Resistance, Army of Shadows (1969)...

2022 Cannes: Mathieu Vadepied’s “Father & Soldier” is the Un Certain Regard Opener

Mathieu Vadepied's Father & Soldier has been selected as the Un Certain Regard opener. A film that we had slotted for a release in...

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...

2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Mati Diop’s Atlantique

Technically speaking, Atlantique is the other feature debut in the main comp. With filmmaking in her family blood, Mati Diop the face is recognizable via Claire Denis'...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #90. Fire Next Time (La Prochaine fois le feu) – Mati Diop

Fire Next Time (La Prochaine fois le feu) The highest ranking directorial debut on our countup, actress Mati Diop moves behind the camera in her...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

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.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...