Posts tagged French films
Jeanne du Barry: Meh Period Piece Finds French-Speaking Johnny Depp Amid Much Finery
ReviewJim SlotekPeriod piece films, French films, Cannes, Jeanne du Barry, Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Melvil Poupaud, Benjamin Lavernhe, Royalty, Stories about kings, Costume drama
The Beast: Brainy French Sci-Fi Romance Juggles Themes - Part Period Piece, Part Future Shock
By Karen Gordon
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The Animal Kingdom: Light French Film About a Beast-Mode Epidemic Barely Flies
ReviewJim SlotekPandemic analogies, The Animal Kingdom, French films, Humans morphing into animals, Director Thomas Cailley, Furries, Romain Duris, Paul Kircher, Billie Blain, Tom Mercier, César Awards
Hold Me Tight: Vicky Krieps Shines as a Woman Divided and Haunted
The Passengers of the Night: French Film Plumbs the Quiet Joy of Ordinary Life. Shhh.
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekFrench films, Quiet angst, The Passengers of the Night, Mikhaël Hers, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Emmanuelle Béart, Megan Northam, Quito Rayon Richter, Noée Abita, Women rebuilding their lives
Happening: Period Piece about Illegal Abortion Gains Traction from Today’s Headlines
By Karen Gordon
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire: More a smoulder, but a rich picture of two women's relationship in pre-Revolution France.
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekClaire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait De La Jeune Fille En Feu, Cannes Film Festival, Period same-sex romance, Queer Palm, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, César Awards, Céline Sciamma, Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Valeria Golino, Pre-Revolutionary France, French films
Revenge: A feminist French grindhouse movie, fuelled by peyote
