Three films that are—coincidentally, but fortuitously—mature studies of single parents trying their best to raise children in often discordant circumstances.
As the title character, Line Renaud is a true force of nature.
A charming, effervescent, and smart addition to François Ozon’s always fast-moving, fast-changing body of work.
Food porn is much better when seen on a big screen, filmed by world-class directors. Case in point: the culinary eroticism in Tran Anh Hung’s latest film.
An efficient but otherwise less than compelling addition to the whistleblower canon, starring Isabelle Huppert.
An intriguing, elegantly-crafted psychological portrait that is a hidden gem in the horror genre.
Ambiguity conspicuously reigns supreme in this enigma. Expect many post-screening conversations, and some frustration, to ensue.
Vicky Krieps provides the emotional depth in an honestly realized drama that never sinks to unnecessary melodrama.
Director Antoine Barraud’s movies raises Hitchcockian thrills trailing a woman caught in a consuming deception most women wouldn’t even dare to try—a double life.