Avant-garde director Arnaud Desplechin followed his acclaimed short film La
Vie des morts with this remarkable and very distinctive psychological thriller... [More...]
This is an impressive film which succeeds admirably in exploring a complex brother-sister
relationship in middle-age. During his career as a film director... [More...]
La Reine Margot is an impressive historical drama, which distinguishes itself from
earlier films of the genre by being far more graphic when it comes to depicting the violence
of the time... [More...]
A dizzying roller-coaster of a ride, with its enormous cast and stylish, arcing camera
movements, this is a striking work from the director of the acclaimed La Reine Margot
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Code inconnu is the first film to be made in France by German director Michael
Haneke and follows the form of his earlier acclaimed film 71 Fragments of a Chronology
of Chance... [More...]
Le Libertin is a daring attempt to combine the lavish historical drama (for which
French cinema is particularly renowned) with bawdy farce – a film which would almost certainly
have ended up with the title “Carry... [More...]
The first years of the new millenium have marked something of a revival for the French
New Wave, with Nouvelle Vague directors Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette
all releasing major works which achieved both... [More...]
For his most laudable film to date, director Patrice
Chéreau brings to the dark poetry and minimalist style of his
early films the maturity and insight of a truly great
auteur... [More...]
Sophie Fillières third and most unusual to date - after Grande petite (1994) and Aïe (2000) - feels like a
distinctly Gallic take on Bridget Jones... [More...]
Xavier Giannoli’s second full-length film after Les Corps impatients (2003) is this
atmospheric film noir drama which bears more than a passing resemblance
to François Truffaut’s La Femme d'à côté
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