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 Bertrand Bonello Produced by Bonello & Kristina Larsen Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles France. 125 min. Not rated With Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel, Noémie Lvovsky, Alice Barnole & Iliana Zabeth Set in a brothel at the turn of the 20th century Paris, this methodical […]
Written & Directed by Céline Sciamma Produced by Bénédicte Couvreur Released by Rocket Releasing French with English subtitles France. 82 min. Not rated With Zoé Heran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani & Mathieu Demy When a kid moves to a new town, the past can be left behind for a fresh start. In Tomboy, […]
Directed by Xavier Durringer Produced by Eric & Nicholas Altmayer Written by Patrick Rotman & Durringer Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles France. 105 min. Not rated With Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Hippolyte Girardot & Samuel Labarthe Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election as French president was a triumph for the […]
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 […]
If the comedy goes down more smoothly and cheerfully than it should, it’s primarily due to Fabrice Luchini, who has great chemistry with his two leading ladies.
Directed by Michel Leclerc Produced by Caroline Adrien, Antoine Rein & Fabrice Goldstein Written by Leclerc & Baya Kasmi Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles France. 102 min. Rated R With Jacques Gamblin, Sara Forestier, Carole Franck, Zinedine Soualem, Michèle Moretti & Jacques Boudet French director Michael Leclerc’s romantic comedy follows an […]