Van Gogh was the penultimate work from Maurice Pialat, one of France’s most
controversial film directors of the 1980s and 1990s. Pialat established himself
with his uncompromising social realist dramas... [More...]
Although the concept behind XXL is a worthy one – to offer a down-to-Earth
portrait of Jewish life in cosmopolitan France – its realisation leaves a great
deal to be desired... [More...]
In this film, an adaptation of the final volume of Marcel Proust’s sixteen-volume
epic À la récherche du temps perdu (aka: In Remembrance
of Things Past)... [More...]
The premise of this episodic film certainly has some merit, although
the obvious inexperience of some of the contributors prevents it from
being as effective and as satisfying as it might have been... [More...]
Sick of empty action movies and adaptations of graphic novels? Here’s a
film to test the tear ducts and challenge your ideas of normal life.
Director Philippe Claudel’s I’ve
loved you for so long (Il... [More...]
