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Lost in Translation: Lapid Languishes in Enigmatic, Complex Study on Cultural Identities with “Synonyms” | Blu-ray Review

Winning the Golden Bear at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, Nadav Lapid’s third film Synonyms was one of the best theatrical releases of...

Synonyms | Review

Lost in Translation: Lapid Languishes in Enigmatic, Complex Study on Cultural Identities The rejection of self and the adoption of persona are prominent themes pouring...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #37. Synonymes – Nadav Lapid

Synonymes Israeli director Nadav Lapid breaks into French cinema with his long-gestating third feature Synonymes (Synonyms). Produced by Said Ben Said and Michel Merkt, the young cast...

The Midwife | DVD Review

What seemed like a novel idea, pairing two of French cinema’s contemporary icons from opposing schools of expression (the dramatically inclined Catherine Deneuve and...

The Midwife | Review

Midwife Crisis: Provost Squanders Fine Cast in Trite Melodrama The essence of French director Martin Provost’s latest film The Midwife is supposed to revolve around...

My Golden Days | DVD Review

Arnaud Desplechin’s eighth feature film, My Golden Days, a loose follow-up on characters from his 1996 filmMy Sex Life…Or How I Got Into an Argument...

My Golden Days | Review

Straw into Gold: Desplechin’s Boys of Summer French director Arnaud Desplechin presents one of his most enjoyable, if ultimately trivial features to date with My...

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