Patrice Chéreau’s second film is this heavy social realist drama featuring a former
legend of French cinema, Simone Signoret (now sadly past her best)... [More...]
Arguably one of the darkest screen portrayals of homosexual awakening, L’Homme blessé
is director Patrice Chéreau’s most controversial work to date... [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...]
For his most laudable film to date, director Patrice
Chéreau brings to the dark poetry and minimalist style of his
early films the maturity and insight of a truly great
auteur... [More...]
Here’s an almost perfect example of how a surfeit of stylistic excess
and poor directorial judgement
can utterly ruin what has the potential to be a remarkable film... [More...]
