Tag: Vincent Lindon
The Quiet Son (Jouer avec le feu) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Father Knows Best: The Coulin Sisters Examine the Detrimental Ripples of Fascism
With their third feature, The Quiet Son, French directing duo Delphine and Muriel...
Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act) | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Art of Saying Nothing: Dupieux Deconstructs Cinema
Had Luis Bunuel approached conveying the reality of cinema produced by artificial intelligence, there may have been...
Direct to Video: Léa Seydoux & Co. Learn Their Lines for Quentin Dupieux’s “À notre beau métier”
After a 2023 where he gave us a double bill in Daaaaaali! (read review) and Yannick, Quentin Dupieux is still seeing double. The quartet...
Railing Against: Vincent Lindon & Benjamin Voisin Featured in Delphine and Muriel Coulin’s “À la hauteur”
The sister filmmaker tandem behind 17 filles (2011) and Voir du pays (2016) have put a bow on their latest feature film. The Cineuropa...
Both Sides of the Blade | Review
Lover Come Back: Denis Lets the Dark Side in Relationship Melodrama
Three’s definitely a crowd in Both Sides of the Blade (Avec amour et acharnement),...
2022 Cannes: Vincent Lindon Leads Jury + Jasmine Trinca’s Marcel! Added to Special Screenings
How does one avoid the major gaffe like the unfortunate Palme d'or reveal that occurred at last year's ceremony? You select a person who...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #13. Claire Denis’ Avec amour et acharnement (aka Feu)
Avec amour et acharnement (Both Sides of the Blade)
Produced by Curiosa Films' Olivier Delbosc
Directed by Claire Denis
Written by Claire Denis, Christine Angot
Starring: Juliette Binoche,...
Titane | Review
Car Crash Set: Ducournau Crafts a Cult Classic with Grotesque Odyssey of Dysfunction
In J.G. Ballard’s seminal 1973 cult novel Crash, infamously adapted in 1996...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #4. Claire Denis’ Fire
Fire (fka Radioscopie)
Produced by Olivier Delbosc
Directed by Claire Denis
Written by Claire Denis
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Gregoire Colin.
Release Date/Prediction: Most likely Venice.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #31. Stéphane Brizé’s Pour le meilleur et pour le pire
Pour le meilleur et pour le pire
Produced by Christophe Rossignon, Philip Boëffard
Directed by Stéphane Brizé
Written by Stéphane Brizé, Olivier Gorce
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #45. Julia Ducournau’s Titane
Titane
Produced by Jean Christophe Reymond
Directed by Julia Ducournau
Written by Julia Ducournau
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle
Cinematographer: Ruben Impens
Release Date/Prediction: Seeing that Cannes might be...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #40. Pour le meilleur et pour le pire – Stéphane Brizé
Pour le meilleur et pour le pire
Stéphane Brizé reunites with Sandrine Kiberlain and Vincent Lindon for his ninth feature Pour le meilleur et pour...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #142. Mon cousin – Jan Kounen
Mon cousin
It’s been eleven years since Dutch born Jan Kounen has unveiled a new feature, but in 2020 we’ll finally see him return with...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #68. Dernier amour – Benoît Jacquot
Dernier amour
French director Benoît Jacquot returns to period filmmaking with his 25th feature, Dernier amour (Casanova). Reuniting with Vincent Lindon, who also starred in Jacquot’s...
Doillon Sculpts Scraps in Dry Biopic in Cannes Preemed Rodin (2017) | Blu-ray Review
Although it’s one of director Jacques Doillon’s most prolific projects in years, his 2017 biopic Rodin, headlined by revered French actor Vincent Lindon, is...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #51. Stéphane Brizé’s Un Autre Monde
Un Autre Monde
Stéphane Brizé has moved quite quickly to his eighth film Un Autre Monde (aka Another World) while enjoying the recent successes of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #62. Benoit Jacquot’s Mr. Casanova
Mr. Casanova
2018 may be a two-hitter for French auteur Benoit Jacquot. Following his latest collaboration with Isabelle Huppert in Eva (which was a shoe-in...
Rodin | 2017 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Wails of Auguste: Doillon Presents Shapeless Biopic on the Famed French Sculptor
Unfortunately, French auteur Jacques Doillon’s high profile remounting of French sculptor Auguste...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 76. Jacques Doillon’s Rodin
Rodin
Director: Jacques Doillon
Writer: Jacques Doillon
Seasoned French auteur Jacques Doillon has been making films since the early 1970s and has competed on most of the...
2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 6: Brizé “Le loi du marche” Should Lead to Future Employment for Lindon
Six features in, French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé hasn't had a long history with the Cannes Film Festival. In fact, the one time Camera d'Or...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #18. Benoit Jacquot’s Journal d’une femme de chambre
Journal d'une femme de chambre
Director: Benoit Jacquot // Writers: Benoit Jacquot, Helene Zimmer
French auteur Benoit Jacquot tends to get overlooked, though his recent international...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #32. Joachim Lafosse’s The White Knights
The White Knights
Director: Joachim Lafosse // Writer: Zelia Abadie, Bulle Decarpentries, Joachim Lafosse, Thomas van Zuylen
Belgian director Joachim Lafosse seems fascinated with incredibly uncomfortable...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #100. Stephane Brize’s A Simple Man
A Simple Man
Director: Stephane Brize // Writer: Stephane Brize
This will be the sixth film from director Stephane Brize, perhaps best known for his Cesar...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #12. Claire Denis’ Les salauds (The Bastards)
Les salauds (The Bastards)
Director/Writer: Claire Denis
Producer(s): Wild Bunch and Alcatraz Films' Laurence Clerc
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni
For her eleventh feature,...
