The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company
The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company (a.k.a. Grandeur et Decadenced’un Petit Commerce de Cinema),…
Browsing: french cinema
Xavier Legrand talks about his latest film CUSTODY
Opening on Friday July 13th in LA, Custody, a film by Xavier Legrand, is about…
C’est La Vie, film review
Max Angely’s (Jean-Paul Bacri) birthday is not going well. Having spent the morning with “complicated clients”…
Ismael’s Ghosts, Film Review
In more ways than one, “Ismael’s Ghosts” immerses us in the headspace of a gloriously…
Agnes Varda, 89, on her life in cinema and ‘Faces Places’
Agnes Varda, the 89-year-old Belgian-born filmmaking legend, emerges from her hotel room having dressed up…
A French Film Review, Justine Triet’s Victoria
This absurdist drama is a departure for France’s rom-com topliner Virginie Efira. Here she stars…
Film Review: The Dancer (La Danseuse)
This handsome French/Czechproduced biopic from Stéphanie Di Giusto (adapting Giovanni Lista’s novel) is a sprawling,…
French Film Reviews: Rock ‘N Roll, Starring Guillaume Canet
It all began when French cinema’s golden boy Guillaume Canet was knocked down a few…
Emmanuelle Bercot’s La Fille de Brest
The latest in director Emmanuelle Bercot’s relentless crusade against social injustice, La Fille de Brest takes…
Interviews with Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Amalric & Jeanne Balibar
In French director Claire Denis’s latest drama, Un beau soleil intérieur (Let the Sunshine In), the opening scene…