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FILM REVIEWS
Sep 1
EMILIA PEREZ
A musical unlike any you’ll have seen, Emilia Pérez has a ballsy narrative, thematic ambition and visual delights, with a spellbinding...
Jul 12
L'EMPIRE (THE EMPIRE)
An incomprehensible Gallic comedy without a single joke that lands L’Empire cringingly blends sci-fi spoofs and social realism into a...
Mar 15
THE TASTE OF THINGS (LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT)
Do not go hungry into French film The Taste of Things or you risk salivating two hours on end, not so much for the trifle of a story or...
Sep 29, 2023
COUP DE CHANCE
If Coup de Chance does indeed turn out to be Woody Allen’s final movie – as is mooted – then the quality of his first French-language...
Aug 13, 2023
NO DOGS OR ITALIANS ALLOWED
The highly personal narrative is the main reason you keep watching No Dogs or Italians Allowed even though the stop-motion animation is...
Mar 23, 2023
LA NUIT DU 12 (THE NIGHT OF THE 12th)
An intriguing idea is explored clumsily in La Nuit du 12, which never decides whether it wants to be a small drama or a big suspenseful...
Mar 16, 2023
MON CRIME (THE CRIME IS MINE)
Stylish production design and campy fun keep Mon Crime afloat, even if François Ozon loses the plot completely in a final act that can...
Dec 12, 2022
SAINT OMER
Saint Omer failes to secure an emotional reaction from the audience, partly because of the detached filming style, partly because the...
Apr 11, 2022
LA BRIGADE
The predictable French feelgood tale proves more charming than expected thanks to excellent performances across the board. I pretty much...
Feb 5, 2022
DELICIEUX
The filmmakers deliberately don’t choose for a familiar feelgood narrative yet Délicieux suffers from a strange lack of subtlety. If...
Jan 8, 2022
MANDIBLES
Despite an ultra-brief runtime of 75 minutes, Mandibles is as boring as it is odd and as frustrating as it is misguided. The latest entry...
Jan 4, 2022
PETITE MAMAN
An emotional connection, so essential to coming-of-age tales like Petite Maman, is mostly missing in this film. A cute idea isn't...
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