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Louise en Hiver & Ma Vie de Courgette

Tough Times and Salvation for Both Young and Old

December 7, 2016 | By Heidi Ellison | Without Category

After a good BD (bande dessinée, or graphic novel), what a French person loves best is a good animated film. I recently saw two that stand out for their great humanity and  empathy: Louise en Hiver (Louise by the Shore) … Read More

Frantz

Frantz

Pastiche or Homage? Entertaining in Either Case

October 4, 2016 | By Nick Hammond | Without Category

François Ozon’s already prolific output of films is evidence of one of two things. Take your pick: 1. He is an outrageously talented director who revels in the variety of themes and styles  that filmmaking affords him. 2. He is … Read More

Juste la Fin du Monde

Juste la Fin du Monde

Family Drama with an Anachronistic Twist

September 28, 2016 | By Nick Hammond | Without Category

The plot of Juste la Fin du Monde (It’s Only the End of the World), the latest film by French-Canadian director Xavier Dolan, feels more appropriate to the last two decades of the 20th  century than to 2016. Not surprising, … Read More

L’Effet Aquatique

L’Effet Aquatique

Wafer-Thin Franco-Icelandic Delights

July 26, 2016 | By Nick Hammond | Without Category

After the heroics of tiny Iceland in the Euro soccer tournament held in France (they managed unceremoniously to boot England out of the Euros, which seemed like poetic justice after Britain voted to boot themselves out of Europe), it felt … Read More

Elle

Elle

Scary Effects of Flat Affect

June 1, 2016 | By Heidi Ellison | Without Category

Paul Verhoeven’s Elle is a scary film, not so much because of the sickening violence and twisted sexuality – hey, we’re used to that – or because of its use of horror-film tropes – “Don’t do that,” you scream silently … Read More

L’Avenir & Quand On A 17 Ans

Hostility and High-Mindedness

April 13, 2016 | By Nick Hammond | Without Category

Two highly regarded French directors have released favorably reviewed films within a week of each other, but to my mind one deserves all the praise it has been getting while the other flatters to deceive. Mia Hansen-Løve gained worldwide recognition … Read More

Francofonia: Le Louvre sous l’Occupation

Francofonia: Le Louvre sous l’Occupation

Poetic Essay or Outmoded Ode to Art?

November 18, 2015 | By Heidi Ellison | Without Category

I wanted to see Alexandre Sokourov’s film Francofonia: Le Louvre sous l’Occupation because I am interested in the subject, especially after having read and reviewed the book Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During … Read More

Fatima

Fatima

Pain That Can’t Be Seen

October 21, 2015 | By Heidi Ellison | Without Category

Fatima, directed by Philippe Faucon, is a film that speaks softly as it opens a door on a world rarely seen on the screen: that of two generations of a family of Algerian immigrants in France. Fatima (Soria Zeroual) lives … Read More

Dheepan

Dheepan

Montesquieu Revisited for The 21st Century

September 26, 2015 | By Nick Hammond | Without Category

Jacques Audiard is deservedly the most internationally respected and fêted French director around at the moment. Every one of his films manages at the same time to be powerfully memorable, horrifically violent and yet unexpectedly lyrical, whether it be through … Read More

Mustang

Mustang

Home Imprisonment for Girls Who Want to Have Fun

July 22, 2015 | By Nick Hammond | Without Category

Mid-July is never a good month for new French movies. Almost always at this time of year, distributors tend to release the films they know are complete stinkers, usually “comedies” involving middle-aged men going on vacation. So this week’s movie … Read More

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