As film censorship rules were relaxed in the late 1980s, early 1990s,
cinema audiences would soon become accustomed to displays of graphic
violence that would have been unthinkable only a decade earlier... [More...]
This film has a great deal to commend it. Jacques Audiard’s direction is confident
and mature (impressive for a second film), and the photography is exceptional throughout... [More...]
This absorbing and intimate portrait of an ordinary town doctor is characteristic of Michel
Deville’s cinema: sombre, slow moving, filled with humanity... [More...]
You should always be wary of any film which boasts more than half a dozen A-list actors.
There is of course the chance that the script is so mind-bogglingly brilliant that any
actor would jump at the chance to appear... [More...]
With his extreme nihilistic debut shocker Seul
contre tous (1998), Argentinean born director Gaspar Noé was both reviled
and praised in almost equal measure for his outrageously provocative approach to filmmaking... [More...]
The international success of
Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain
in 2001 came as a substantial career boost for both director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and actress
Audrey Tautou... [More...]
Lionel Delplanque’s second full length film, after the bland horror flick Promenons-nous dans les bois
(2000), is a creditable attempt to explore the human side of politics... [More...]
