There are some subjects which naturally do not lend themselves well to comedy, and the
activities of evil, mind-bending sects is arguably one of them... [More...]
Although the concept behind XXL is a worthy one – to offer a down-to-Earth
portrait of Jewish life in cosmopolitan France – its realisation leaves a great
deal to be desired... [More...]
Whilst its raison d’être is primarily to entertain, Bimboland
is a film that does broach some serious issues – particularly about society’s
out-dated attitudes towards women (to succeed in life... [More...]
Michel Boujenah is yet another established high-profile French actor to have turned his
hand to film directing fairly late in his career. This, his first work... [More...]
With the dream casting of Clovis Cornillac and Pascal Elbé and a
script from the writers of the two La vérité si je mens
films... [More...]
Not for the first time, a glittering ensemble of some of French
cinema’s finest actors are brought together for a film that in no way
measures up to their collective talent... [More...]
Director Nicolas Boukhrief followed up his highly original and
well-received modernist action thriller Le
Convoyeur (2004) with this equally innovative and stylish
suspense thriller set in possibly the bleakest of worlds... [More...]
Un coeur simple is an inspired
adaptation of one of Gustave Flaubert lesser known works, a short story
which, like his better known Madame
Bovary... [More...]
