Philippe Haïm had established himself as a much sought-after film score composer
before he made this, his first film, in 1997. Not surprisingly... [More...]
The idea of a wealthy middle-aged man abandoning his wife and home for a much younger
woman in a doomed romance is hardly virgin territory, but once in a while a film is made
which seems to re-invent the formula with... [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...]
Rémi Waterhouse had established himself as a successful screenwriter (winning a
César for his script work on Patrice Leconte’s 1996 film Ridicule
) before directing this... [More...]
Definitely one for the Lara Croft generation. Not so much a film as a spectacular
collage of special effects loosely assembled into an implausible, incoherent storyline... [More...]
Not for the first time, director Pierre Jolivet offers us a surprising and challenging
piece of cinema, this time a gritty fantasy-drama set in the Middle Ages... [More...]
This entertaining (and surprisingly dark) satirical thriller about reality TV and megalomaniac
TV executives officially marks the directorial debut of one of France’s most promising
acting talents... [More...]
Yann Samuell’s bizarre romantic comedy begins as what looks like an apprentice filmmaker’s
take on Le
fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (2002)... [More...]
Joyeux Noël, the second full-length film
from French director Christian Carion, is a stylised account of a true occurrence in World
War One – spontaneous outbreaks of fraternisation between soldiers on opposite... [More...]
Although slightly marred by a tendency for excessive silliness in
places, Un ticket pour l’espace
is a pretty respectable parody of the latest generation of American
sci-fi adventure movie... [More...]
French film director Claude Berri ended his long and distinguished
career on an optimistic note, with this adaptation of Anna Gavalda’s bestselling
novel... [More...]
