Although pretty mundane when compared with Resnais’ earlier cinematographic achievements,
this is nonetheless an entertaining satire, having the quality of characterisation and
narrative structure we have come to... [More...]
In one of the best and most spectacular French film of the 1990s, Jean-Paul Rappeneau
manages to pull of the definitive film version of the Cyrano de Bergerac tale... [More...]
Perhaps no one is better placed than Diane Kurys to make a film which explores a turbulent
period in the life of one of France’s most controversial women writers... [More...]
Freely adapted from an obscure play by the famed German director R.W. Fassbinder (written
when he was just 19), Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes makes a deeply
pessimistic yet profoundly incisive study... [More...]
With this outrageous mélange of murder mystery à la Agatha Christie and
camp pastiche of 1950s Hollywood musical, François Ozon proves that he is not just
one of France’s most versatile film... [More...]
Claude Miller “does Chekhov” in this aesthetically rich but emotionally sparse
reflection on life and filmmaking. Although the film effectively captures the mood
and themes of Chekhov’s play “The... [More...]
Petites coupures is Pascal Bonitzer’s third
full length film, an unusual kind of romantic comedy with a distinctly black underbelly.
Bonitzer is better known as a screenwriter than a director... [More...]
After the overly stylised romp that was 8
femmes, director François Ozon returns to more familiar territory, that
of the psychological thriller... [More...]
Xavier Giannoli’s second full-length film after Les Corps impatients (2003) is this
atmospheric film noir drama which bears more than a passing resemblance
to François Truffaut’s La Femme d'à côté
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On dit un "bon Chabrol" comme un "bon cru" ou une "bonne année"
pour un vin! La fille
coupée en deux est donc un bon Chabrol. Passions
amoureuses... [More...]
Not for the first time, director Christophe Honoré challenges our
assumptions and expectations with a film that is breathtakingly
original in both its subject and its format... [More...]
Here’s a film which typifies the stultifying painting-by-numbers trend
in cinema in recent years which seems to be becoming endemic and which
is slowly killing the art of filmmaking... [More...]
