Tag: Vincent Macaigne
Three Friends (Trois amies) | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
Lyon Lies Bleeding: Mouret Explores L’amour Fou (Encore)
Even for those unfamiliar with the filmography of Emmanuel Mouret, his latest film, Three Friends will unequivocally...
Hors du Temps (Suspended Time) | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Time Regained: Assayas Agonizes in Pretentious Pandemic Reflection
In what stands as evidence of a surprising lack of self-awareness, director Olivier Assayas reenacts a composite...
Love Me Don’t: Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier, India Hair & Damien Bonnard Join Mouret’s “Une honnête femme”
A major ensemble casting update has dropped (via the Cineuropa folks) for Emmanuel Mouret's next directing gig. His brochette includes Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #187. Martin Provost’s Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe
Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe
A French filmmaker who offers comfort food portraits, for his eighth outing Martin Provost enlisted the likes of Vincent Macaigne, Cécile...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #41. Emmanuel Mouret’s Chronique d’une liaison passagère
Chronique d'une liaison passagère
We can speculate as to what the actual status of his last film's selection in Cannes - 2020's Les choses qu'on...
Love Affair(s) | Cannes 2020 Label Review
The Most Important Thing is to Love: Mouret’s Loquacious Ode to Capricious Romance(s)
With narratives often constructed on the gossamer threads of human interactions, it’s...
Non-Fiction | Review
The French Publisher’s Wife: Assayas Straddles Digital Criminals and Corporate Cannibals in Playful Bon Mot
Hardly a stranger to the back room wheeling and dealing...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #3. Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
The French Dispatch
More croissant than cronut, Wes Anderson returns to the red, white and blue but of the Hotel Chevalier and Jacques Cousteau sort...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #21. Pure As Snow (Blanche comme neige) – Anne Fontaine
Pure As Snow
Anne Fontaine re-teams with Isabelle Huppert for the third time in Pure As Snow, a modern, erotic comedy re-telling of the Brothers...
Reinventing Marvin | 2018 Outfest Film Festival Review
Jewel of Denial: Fontaine Focuses on Class and Queerness in Coming-Out Portrait
French director Anne Fontaine continues to surprise with her varied filmography, turning her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #16. Olivier Assayas’ E-Book
E-Book
Juliette Binoche has a stellar slate lined up for 2018. She’s been so booked, she dropped out of Mia Hansen-Love’s Maya, who is married...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #48. Quentin Dupieux’s Au Poste
Au Poste
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Writer: Quentin Dupieux
Having taken a two-year break from filmmaking to work on a new album under his pseudonym Mr. Oizo (the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #54. Anne Fontaine’s Marvin
Marvin
Director: Anne Fontaine
Writer: Anne Fontaine, Pierre Trividic
Having premiered her 2016 French-Polish production The Innocents out of Sundance 2016, French director Anne Fontaine will have...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #56. Dominik Moll’s News From the Planet Mars
News From the Planet Mars
Director: Dominik Moll
Writers: Dominik Moll, Gilles Marchand
Cesar award winner Dominik Moll is back with his fifth film, News From the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #91. Anne Fontaine’s Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei
Director: Anne Fontaine
Writers: Anne Fontaine, Pascal Bonitzer, Sabrina B. Karine, Alice Vial
French director Anne Fontaine, who has been making features since 1997's Dry...
Eden | Review
In The Garden Of Garage: Hansen-Løve Recounts Brother's Coming of Age During the Rise of House Music
Thanks to her brother Sven’s involvement in the popularization...
With a Friend Like Dominik: Moll Blasts Off with “News from Planet Mars”
German born, French filmmaker Dominik Moll has blasted off onto his fifth feature film, News from Planet Mars. Starring François Damiens (Tip Top), Vincent Macaigne and...
