Chris says: “Leave it to Claire Denis to open her latest by saddling Juliette Binoche with one heck of a blowhard beau and close it on an extended conversation between Binoche and Gerard Depardieu, decidedly *not* her beau (his actual
Thom says: “Director Lee has been enormously appreciated by me with top-rated films THE WEDDING BANQUET, EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, HULK, SENSE & SENSIBILITY, TAKING WOODSTOCK, & BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, & only one real failure in RIDE WITH THE DEVIL. So
Thom says: “Earlier on in the beginning of his career Ozun showed he might well be on the way to become one of the great French directors but lately he seems to have lost his way. I was fascinated, while
Jason says: “The story of French outlaw Jacques Mesrine is a grand, sprawling one, so large that Jean-François Richet felt the need to split it into two films in order to do it justice. Watching the first one, covering Mesrine’s
Jason says: “The opening scene of Claude Chabrol’s final theatrical film gives a hint to why he was often compared to Alfred Hitchcock, though with a French sensibility: His camera threads its way through a graveyard until it finds corpse
Bruce says: “Edith Piaf remains one of the all time great vocal stylists – a voice filled with great character and emotion, a voice that simultaneously reflects personal heartbreak and resilience. I became a big Piaf fan while still in
Bruce says: “Twenty two directors join together for twenty short stories about love, each set in a different arrondissmont in Paris. The directors approach love from different angles. Some are dead serious, some bittersweet and others, quite amusing. By the
Bruce says: “BON VOYAGE is a French bedroom farce without a bedroom…well not totally, bedrooms do figure into the plot here and there. It’s just that the German invasion of Paris, secrets about the atom bomb and a nasty corpse
Hilary says: “Roman Coppola officially joins the family business with his directorial debut, CQ. For anyone out there who loves BARBARELLA (and I know there’s at least one other person among the membership that will admit this) it’s a must-see.
Diane says: “Typical light French comedy–I laugh a lot in the first half, then get bored. I do have to say that Gerard is a great comic actor. 3 cats” Esme says: “I only watched this because I was
