Directed by Pierre Salvadori Produced by Philippe Martin Written by Salvadori and David Colombo-Leotard Released by Cohen Media Group French with English Subtitles France. 97 min. Not rated With Catherine Deneuve, Gustave Kerven, and Féodor Atkine Can there be any film genre tougher to pull off than black comedy? Cinema is littered with flops that […]
Written and Directed by Frédéric Tcheng Produced by Tcheng and Guillaume de Roquemaurel Released by the Orchard French, English, and Flemish with English subtitles France. 89 min. Not rated The late designer and icon Christian Dior set a superb standard for lavish French couture in 1947. In the 2010s, a reserved menswear designer stands to […]
Directed by Benoît Jacquot Produced by Edouard Weil and Alice Girard Written by Julien Boivent and Jacquot Released by Cohen Media Group France/Germany/Belgium. 106 min. Rated PG-13 In French with English subtitles With Benoît Poelvoorde, Chiara Mastroianni, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Catherine Deneuve Meet Marc Beaulieu, a balding, panic attack-prone tax auditor with close-set, tired eyes; […]
In one of the most diverse and compact film series that New York City has to offer, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema makes its annual late-winter trek to the Film Society of Lincoln Center, bringing with it films that have made the rounds in France’s awards season. (The top prize winner at the César Awards, Timbuktu, […]
Edited, Written, and Directed by Robin Campillo Produced by Hugues Charbonneau and Marie-Ange Luciani Released by First Run Features French, English, Russian, and Ukrainian with English subtitles France. 128 min. Not rated With Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Danil Vorobyev, Edea Darcque, Camila Charnirova, and Beka Markozashvili In the discreet, subdued, and wholly engrossing Eastern Boys, […]
With 41 French (co-)productions debuting at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, the event has evolved into an important platform for the country’s film industry, offering premieres that outnumber French debuts at Cannes. Just as Toronto kicks off the awards season in North America, it also serves the same purpose for the French films. Many […]
Written and Directed by Sophie Fillières Produced by Maurice Tinchant and Martine Marignac Released by Film Movement French with English subtitles France. 102 min. Not rated With Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Brochet, Joséphine de La Baume, and Nelson Delapalme French writer and director Sophie Fillières examines a married couple’s descent into separation, embodied by […]
The Beast (1975). 93 min. Immoral Tales (1974). 103 min. Written & Directed by Walerian Borowcyk French with English subtitles Back in the early 1970s, as porn was poking it’s way into the mainstream, a few daring filmmakers raised on arty fare like Bergman and Fellini tried to incorporate some deep ideas with blatant erotica, […]
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff Produced by Marc de Bayser, Frank Le Wita, Sidonie Dumas, and Francis Boespflug Written by Cyril Gely and Schlöndorff, based on the play Diplomatie by Gely Released by Zeitgeist Films Release French and German with English subtitles France. 88 min. Not rated With André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaussner and Robert […]