Tag: Said Ben Said
Last Summer (L’Été dernier) | Review
One Deadly Summer: Breillat Agitates Another Sexual Taboo
Suddenly, last summer, a successful lawyer who has it all risks throwing her life away with an...
Interview: Léa Drucker – Last Summer (L’été dernier)
She was pulled from obscurity (or non-retirement since her last feature was 2013's Abuse of Weakness) when Saïd Ben Saïd optioned the rights to...
The Shrouds | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
Death Be Not Shroud: Cronenberg Hits Dead Ends in Sluggish Mystery
The burial business serves as the battle ground for a complicated conundrum in David...
Nothing for Nathan: Producer Saïd Ben Saïd Reteams with Paul Verhoeven for “Sans compter”
French film producer Saïd Ben Saïd sort of resurrected the career of Paul Verhoeven with the release of Elle (2016), and he had been...
Catherine Breillat’s L’Été dernier (Last Summer) – 2023 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 9
Almost a full decade away from the camera since, Catherine Breillat returns to the competition with L'Été dernier (Last Summer). This is her second...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #17. Catherine Breillat’s L’été dernier
L’été dernier
After almost a decade away from the camera, Catherine Breillat makes her return behind the camera working on a remake of Queen of Hearts...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #31. Ira Sachs’ Passages
Passages
A project we thought might drop in '22 is leading the gem offerings from the beginning of '23 instead. American indie filmmaker Ira Sachs...
Guilt Complex: Léa Drucker Toplines Catherine Breillat’s “L’été dernier”
Finally it will be Léa Drucker in the driver's seat (and not the originally attached Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) in Catherine Breillat's now titled L'été...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #63. Ira Sachs’ Passages
Passages
Entering his third decade in filmmaking, Ira Sachs (The Delta, Forty Shades of Blue, Keep the Lights On, Love Is Strange) has moved into...
Benedetta | Review
Blaspheme, Queen: Verhoeven Turns to Nunsploitation in Erotic Melodrama
Occupying a dazzling intersection of exploitation and queer historical recuperation is the long-awaited Benedetta from Dutch...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #10. Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta
Benedetta
Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by David Birke, Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Virginie Efira, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Daphne...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #67. Hafsia Herzi’s Nora
Nora
Hafsia Herzi returns with her sophomore feature Nora in 2021, produced by Said Ben Said. Starring Sabrina Benhamed, Halima Benhamed, Justine Gregory and Noemie...
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...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #2. Benedetta – Paul Verhoeven
Benedetta
Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by David Birke, Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Virginie Efira, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Daphne...
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...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 3 – Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau
Technically their second film to compete in Cannes when you consider Production Designer Juliano Dornelles as a creative collaborator on Aquarius (which placed 2nd in the top vote-getters for...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #1. Benedetta – Paul Verhoeven
Benedetta
Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven made a whopping comeback with his first French language film in 2016’s Elle, which snagged Isabelle Huppert (check out our...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #3. Nighthawk (Bacurau) – Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles
Nighthawk (Bacurau)
Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho returns with his third feature, Nighthawk (aka Bacurau), recruiting his previous production designer Juliano Dornelles as co-director. Filho...
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...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #77. Les envoûtés – Pascal Bonitzer
Les amis des amis
French writer and director Pascal Bonitzer commences on his eighth feature, Les envoûtés (formerly titled Les amis des amis), which features...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #91. Agnès Jaoui’s Place Publique
Place Publique
The multi-faceted Agnès Jaoui is a highly decorated director/writer/actress with a commendable resume. Of her four Cesar wins, three have been for Best...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #28. Philippe Garrel’s One Day Lover
One Day Lover
Director: Philippe Garrel
Writer: Jean-Claude Carriere, Caroline Deruas-Garrel, Arlette Langmann, Philippe Garrel
French auteur Philippe Garrel presented one of his strongest entries in years...
The Conversation: Producer Saïd Ben Saïd
For the past sixteen years, Franco-Tunisian producer Saïd Ben Saïd has been steadfastly supporting the works of many a European maverick auteur. Beginning in...
Through the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: #6. Walter Hill’s Tomboy, A Revenger’s Tale
Tomboy, A Revenger’s Tale
Director: Walter Hill
Writers: Walter Hill, Denis Hamill
Following a remarkable year in cinematic transgender representation with films like Sean Baker’s Tangerine, Tom...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #3. Paul Verhoeven’s Elle
Elle
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: David Birke, Harold Manning
Words cannot describe how excited we are to see the pairing of Paul Verhoeven and Isabelle Huppert in...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #78. Pascal Bonitzer’s Tout de suite maintenant
Tout de suite maintenant
Director: Pascal Bonitzer
Writers: Pascal Bonitzer, Agnes de Sacy
The multifaceted Cesar Award nominee Pascal Bonitzer is best known as a screenwriter, specifically...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #12. David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: Bruce Wagner
Producers: Said Ben Said, Martin Katz, Michel Merkt
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, Julianne Moore,...
