Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2018
By Caroline Ely March 7, 2018
Films in the series reflect a troubled mood, running the gamut from rage filled to woebegone.
Films in the series reflect a troubled mood, running the gamut from rage filled to woebegone.
The impeccable cinematography in François Ozon’s new mind game belongs in 2018, but its soul harks back to the psycho-gonzo oeuvre of Hitchcock, Bergman, and Gaslight.
All director Amos Gitai is saying is, give peace a chance.
Two men’s ill-tempered argument over a broken drainpipe leads to a hurled curse, a savage punch, a vendetta, and a courtroom showdown.
The biopic of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt is given a stifling, low-energy treatment.
Two restless, intractable talents dominate European biopics of female stars, little known to the American public.
Though set shortly after World War I, the film has surprising resonance today.
Isabelle Huppert delivers a gimlet-eyed, ferociously single-minded performance as yet another tense, driven character.
A coming-out film with the novel approach of exploring the dynamic between a mother and her two sons—one biological, one she has taken in—who fall in love.