Quelques jours avec moi is another engaging romantic
drama from director Claude Sautet, this time featuring the dream pairing of Daniel Auteuil
with Sandrine Bonnaire... [More...]
This is another fine film from one of France’s most popular and prolific directors, Claude
Chabrol. It is a film that has the mood and feel of the deceptively simple thrillers
for which Chabrol is better known... [More...]
Whilst not as imposing as some of his earlier films, Milou en Mai is a popular
Louis Malle film, having a feeling of warmth and humanity which is not so visible in those
films.
This is a light satire on bourgeois society... [More...]
Indochine is a film with many strengths but unfortunately several weaknesses.
Its greatest asset is the location. The views of the Viet-Nam landscapes are genuinely
breathtaking and add a richness and epic quality to... [More...]
La Reine Margot is an impressive historical drama, which distinguishes itself from
earlier films of the genre by being far more graphic when it comes to depicting the violence
of the time... [More...]
A dizzying roller-coaster of a ride, with its enormous cast and stylish, arcing camera
movements, this is a striking work from the director of the acclaimed La Reine Margot
... [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...]
Après la vie is one of three films directed
by Lucas Belvaux which make up a most unusual trilogy. The other two are:
Un couple épatant and
Cavale... [More...]
Cavale is a masterfully composed film noir which
belongs to a trilogy of three films directed by Lucas Belvaux. The idea is that
the storylines of the three films run in parallel... [More...]
