France Doubles Oscar Campaign Aid, Names Strategist as Screen Export Push Slips
France doubles Oscar campaign cash and hires a strategist amid alarm over sliding film exports.
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Tag: French cinema
Movie Reviews7.6/10
‘Blue’: Juliette Binoche Builds a New Life While Other People Keep Tugging at It
A woman grieves her dead husband and daughter, and walks Paris streets alone, seeking freedom from memory and sorrow.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
‘District B13’ Review: 84 Minutes of Brutal Chase, Ranked 6.8/10
A ghetto, a neutron bomb, and two men caught between the walls of District B13. A brutal tale of class warfare.
Movie Reviews9.5/10
Breathless Review: A Man Who Cannot Stop Moving and a Woman Who Cannot Stop Thinking
A restless thief and a hesitant student cross France in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, a wild, violent, honest New Wave masterpiece.
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‘The Visitors’: Jean Reno and Christian Clavier Make Medieval Confusion Funny, Mostly
A knight and his servant tumble through time into a strange new world, chasing a descendant who may send them home.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
Brochant’s Perfect Victim Is the Worst Kind: A Review of The Dinner Game
A Parisian banker invites a clumsy clerk to his house, and the house becomes a feast for the senseless, a comedy of errors.
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Vin Diesel Rides Horses Through War Zones in Babylon A.D., and Nothing Else
A mercenary carries a young woman across war and sea in Babylon A.D., a tale of empty fury that fails utterly to satisfy.
Movie Reviews7/10
The Bélier Family Review: Louane Carries a Deaf Family’s Quiet Weight
A quiet farm tale wherein a girl alone bears speech for her mute kin, until a teacher's ear reveals her secret song.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Taxi Review: A Fast, Loud, and Sillier Chase Comedy Than Its Sequels Are Remembering
A tale of a reckless driver, a white taxi, and a chase through the streets of Marseille, wherein a bumbling inspector must aid a man who cannot drive.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
Catholic Couple Face Their Daughters’ Four Mixed Marriages in ‘Serial (Bad) Weddings’
A Catholic family's daughters marry men of every faith, and the comedy of their secret disdain runs deeper than any sermon.
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La Haine Review: Kassovitz’s 1995 Cannes Winner Still Cuts at 31
La Haine review: Kassovitz's 1995 Cannes winner follows Vinz, Hubert and Saïd through twenty hours in a Paris banlieue. Still essential.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Amélie at 25: A Gorgeous Machine That Mistakes Charm for Depth
A mixed review of Amélie, the 2001 French romantic comedy: charming, inventive, and funny, but it mistakes its charm for depth.