Francis Girod directed this unusually cerebral thriller, a creepily dark film which explores
the shortcomings and potential dangers of psychoanalysis... [More...]
Having made a career as one of the most successful screenwriters in French cinema, Danièle
Thompson finally made the transition to director with La
Bûche... [More...]
After three successful social comedies (which include the popular Chacun
cherche son chat), Cédric Klapisch’s first foray into a genre film
comes as something of a surprise... [More...]
A surprising mix of the conventional and the unexpected, Vénus beauté
(institut) is superficially a familiar modern day love story, centred around a middle-aged
woman who finally discovers true love after... [More...]
Marion Vernoux’s fourth film is this joyful romantic comedy in which the chaotic love
lives of four disparate characters are woven – with the skill of a master craftsman –
into a colourful slice of life... [More...]
After Tonie Marshall’s previous cinematic offering, the witty and incisive
Vénus beauté (institut),
Au plus près du paradis comes as something
of a major disappointment... [More...]
Tonie Marshall’s sixth film bears some superficial similarities with her previous
success, Vénus
beauté (institut), in that both portray tangled love lives within an
artificially glamorous setting... [More...]
Pascale Ferran brings a uniquely feminine sensitivity to this daring
adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s novel John
Thomas and Lady Jane, the second and arguably best version of
his controversial Lady Chatterley’s
Lover... [More...]
