Tag: Vincent Cassel
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...
You’ve Got Mail: Garrel, Cassel & Kruger Pilot Pablo Agüero’s “Saint-Ex”
A project that we were zeroing in on last week has finally been fully revealed. Louis Garrel, Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger are indeed...
Syntexte: A Mystery “French” Project with Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel & Diane Kruger
In a television interview over a month ago, actress Diane Kruger mentioned that she was set to act alongside Vincent Cassel and Louis Garrel...
Underwater | Review
A Time to Drill: Eubank Delves into Derivative with Studio Sci-Fi
As above, so below seems to be the theme of William Eubank’s third feature,...
Video: Romain Gavras’ The World is Yours (Le monde est à toi) | 2018 Cannes Film Festival
We haven't been bemused by gangsta comedy genre perhaps since Guy Ritchie's bumbling idiot films, and yet with this long anticipated sophomore film, Romain...
Cassel Gets Gifted in Deluc’s Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti | Blu-ray Review
French painter Paul Gauguin receives two noted cinematic approximations in 2018. Edouard Deluc’s Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti features Vincent Cassel as the tropically consumed...
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti | Review
Tahitian Treat: Cassel Casts a Gloom in Sanitized Biopic of a Starving Artist
He’s one of the more notable post-Impressionists and for the first time...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #38. Erick Zonca’s Fleuve noir
Fleuve noir
French director Erick Zonca scored his most critically acclaimed hit with his 1998 debut The Dreamlife of Angels, which competed in the Cannes...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #47. Romain Gavras’ Mr. Freeze
Mr. Freeze
Director Romain Gavras (son of Costa, brother of Julie) graduated from notable music director to film with his 2010 debut Our Day Will...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #15. Erick Zonca’s Black River
Black River
Director: Erick Zonca
Writer: Erick Zonca, Lou de Fanget Signolet
French director Erick Zonca scored his most critically acclaimed hit with his 1998 debut The...
Tale of Tales | Blu-ray Review
Italian auteur Matteo Garrone makes his English language debut with 2015’s Tale of Tales, a droll, visually captivating adaptation of classic fairytales from 17th...
Jason Bourne | Review
Bourne Again Again: Greengrass Returns to Action Franchise with Middling Results
Director Paul Greengrass returns to the Robert Ludlum action franchise he inherited from Doug...
2016 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 9: Dolan Comes Out with “It’s the Only the End of the World”
With the exception of what I consider his best film to date, the Venice preemed Tom at the Farm, Xavier Dolan's home away from home...
It’s Only the End of the World | 2016 Cannes Film Festival Review
Don’t They Know?: Dolan Delivers a Dud with Familial Drama
Though no stranger to working with French stars, Quebecois filmmaker Xavier Dolan makes his first...
Tale of Tales | Review
Good Gaud: Garrone’s Critique of Aristocracy Goes Barely Skin-Deep
Italy’s film industry is enjoying something of a renaissance lately, though honestly it’d have to be...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #18. Xavier Dolan’s Juste la fin du monde
Juste la fin du monde
Director: Xavier Dolan
Writer: Xavier Dolan
During the substantial critical praise following Mommy (which tied with Jean-Luc Godard for the Jury Prize...
Partisan | Blu-ray Review
After winning an award for Best Cinematography in the World Cinema competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Ariel Kleiman’s directorial debut Partisan was...
Partisan | Review
Pledge Allegiance: Kleiman’s Intriguing Debut a Fascist Allegory
Sure to draw superficial comparisons to other famed pre-teen assassin films like The Professional (1994) or Hanna...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Maiwenn Breaks a Leg with “Mon Roi”
It was with her multi-angled, social dramedy where the actress, slowly turning into filmmaker (2006's Pardonnez-moi and 2009's Le bal des actrices) made her...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 2: Lots to Munch on in “Tale of Tales”
Marking another strong year for Italian cinema vying for the Palme d'Or, Matteo Garrone is the first out of the gates for the green,...
Dolan Doubles Down: It’s Only the End of the World for Cotillard, Seydoux, Cassel, Ulliel & Nathalie Baye
Joining the ranks of filmmakers with insatiable appetites such as Michael Winterbottom, Francois Ozon and Woody Allen, Xavier Dolan doesn't take too much down...
Child 44 | Review
Dirty Snow: Espinosa’s Ungainly Yet Enjoyable Soviet Era Mystery
Grazing lightly over the Soviet era politics of the period and featuring a handsome, gussied up...
Assassin’s Creed: Well Go USA is Protective of Kleiman’s Partisan
Winner for the Sundance World Cinema Special Jury Award for cinematography (Germain McMicking), Variety reports that Ariel Kleiman’s directorial debut will receive a theatrical release later this year. A major...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #49. Matteo Garrone’s The Tale of Tales
The Tale of Tales
Director: Matteo Garrone // Writers: Matteo Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Massimo Guadioso
Italian director Matteo Garrone reached international renown in 2008...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #82. Jean-Francois Richet’s One Wild Moment
One Wild Moment
Director: Jean-Francois Richet // Writers: Lisa Azuelos, Claude Berri (original film), Jean-Francois Richet
Jean-Francois Richet won a Cesar for his 1996 debut, Inner...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #89. Maiwenn’s Mon roi
Mon roi
Director: Maiwenn // Writers: Etienne Comar, Maiwenn
Actress turned director Maiwenn's last stint behind the camera won her the Jury Prize at Cannes 2011...