The Directors’ Fortnights at the Cannes Film Festival was established in 1969 as an alternative to the official selection, as a way of opening the door to “free and adventurous cinema” (per its program guide) and promoting new directors. It has since become a showcase for the up-and-coming, spotlighting Martin Scorsese, Michael Haneke, Werner Herzog, […]
Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot Written by Bercot and Jérôme Tonnerre Produced by Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonnier Released by Cohen Media Group French with English subtitles France. 113 min. Not rated With Catherine Deneuve, Nemo Schiffman, Gérard Garouste, Camille, Claude Gensac, Paul Hamy, Mylène Demongeot and Hafsia Herzi Filmmakers like knocking Catherine Deneuve, now in […]
If you’re lucky enough to see only a handful of what the mini-festival Rendez-Vous with French Cinema has to offer, you’re likely to have a sense of déjà vu, or at least left wondering, strange, I’ve seen that face before. One of the resulting pleasure of this annual series—23 features this year—is that in a […]
Written & Directed by François Ozon, adapted from the play, The Boy in the Last Row, by Juan Mayorga Produced by Eric & Nicolas Altmayer Released by Cohen Media Group French with English subtitles. France. 105 min. Rated R With Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis Ménochet, Ernst Umhauer & Bastien Ughetto Following […]
Directed by Anne Fontaine Produced by Francis Boespflug, Philippe Carcassonne, Bruno Pesery & Jérôme Seydoux Written by Fontaine & Nicholas Mercier Released by Strand Releasing French with English subtitles France. 103 min. Not rated With Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Dussollier & Virginie Efira Anne Fontaine has had a curious career. The French director has […]
Written & Directed by Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache Produced by Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou & Laurent Zeitoun Released by the Weinstein Company French with English subtitles France. 112 min. Rated R With François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Clothilde Mollet & Alba Gaïa Bellugi By the midway point of the […]
Written & Directed by Cédric Klapisch Produced by Bruno Levy Released by Sundance Selects English & French with English subtitles France. 109 min. Not rated With Karin Viard & Gilles Lellouche Cédric Klapisch’s boisterous films cram many characters and storylines into two (or so) hours. His last effort, Paris, was even more kaleidoscopic than usual, […]
Written & Directed by Michel Hazanavicius Produced by Thomas Langmann Released by the Weinstein Company France/USA. 100 min. Rated PG-13 With Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Malcolm McDowell, Missi Pyle, Beth Grant & John Goodman Studded with easy-to-spot film references, the black-and-white silent film The Artist is the type of film that […]
Written & Directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern Produced by Jean-Pierre Guerin Released by Olive Films French with English subtitles France. 92 min. Not rated With Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani & Miss Ming At this point in his storied career, it’s difficult to see Gérard Depardieu on screen as anyone other than […]