France
Held together by Seydoux’s graceful and subtle performance, Bruno Dumont’s FRANCE slips between France’s confidence and doubt, often within the same scene, letting these conflicts linger.
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On A Magical Night
Christophe Honoré’s latest fairground whirl of a film, ON A MAGICAL NIGHT, is a liberating and comedic tale about fading romance and revisiting the past. Teaming with a stellar casting of Chiara Mastroianni and Benjamin Biolay as the current day Maria and Richard, joined by Vincent Lacoste as young Richard and his piano teacher Irène, … Continue reading On A Magical Night
The Shock of the Future
Chris Dobson reviews THE SHOCK OF THE FUTURE: a gentle and pleasant paean to a genre of music that continues to thrive to this day.
The Climb
THE CLIMB is an American comedy screened as part of the Un Certain Regard selection of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival – Tina Kendall reviews.
The Workshop
Directed by Laurent Cantet and set in France, THE WORKSHOP is about a writing group set up for a group of young adults in La Ciotat.
You Go To My Head
YOU GO TO MY HEAD is a thrilling tale of lies and longing that will have you overcome by the end, writes Lydia Lowe at Cambridge Film Festival.
Ernest and Celestine
Marrying perfectly judged humour with incessant imagination, ERNEST AND CELESTINE is an absolute joy; an almost faultless 80-minute burst of unabashed delight, writes Ed Frost at the London Film Festival.
Our Children
Measured and well plotted, OUR CHILDREN is a tough watch and a hefty story from Joachim Lafosse. Ed Frost reviews at the London Film Festival.
It Was The Son
IT WAS THE SON becomes distractingly frenetic, disoriented by its own irritatingly mismatched tonal shifts that build towards an unsatisfying experience, writes Ed Frost at London Film Festival.
Untouchable
Despite the warmth generated by the leads, UNTOUCHABLE is an asinine and cloying film full of cliches and irritating stereotypes, writes Jim Ross.