In a whisper: a great, poignant and generous political film (review)
Tunisian director Leyla Bouzid takes on a taboo subject in her country – homosexuality – and paints a subtle portrait of a family damaged by…
We, the orchestra: a virtuoso documentary (review)
A regular at performance halls, Philippe Béziat has managed to infiltrate as close as possible to the Orchester de Paris. The result is a film…
What is Michael, the biopic of Michael Jackson, worth? (critical)
How can we separate the man from the music, when the very concept of a biography of a pop genius is theoretically to bring them…
A difficult year on TF1: a stimulating social comedy (review)
The Toledano-Nakache duo signs an Italian-style comedy dedicated to contemporary collective anxieties and relies on a flamboyant cast. While their new comedy, Juste une illusion,…
The 2 Alfreds on Arte: Bruno Podalydès at his best (review)
A wonderful comedy full of discoveries which takes a lucid and amused look at the excesses of an ultra-connected world. Released in cinemas in June…
Just an illusion: the criticism for/against the new Nakache-Toledano
The duo’s winning return to the genre of moving comedy in which they excel or a cinema of colorless vignettes locked in clichés? The editorial…
The Rope Around Your Neck: Gus van Sant’s return to form (review)
Inspired by a hostage situation filmed live in America in the seventies, the 73-year-old filmmaker questions media madness and the way it blurs reality. Born…
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die: as chaotic as it is inventive (review)
Gore Verbinski signs a freewheeling sci-fi blockbuster, carried by a deliciously crazy Sam Rockwell who reigns over this uncontrollable delirium. There are two ways of…
Bad Guys 2 on Canal Plus: a perfect heist (review)
Pierre Perifel delivers a sequel that surpasses the previous episode on every level, proving that intelligent family entertainment can be made without sacrificing either action…
Muganga – He Who Heals on Canal Plus: a shocking and never complacent film (review)
Triple-awarded in Angoulême, this fiction finds the right prism to tell the story of Nobel-winning doctor Denis Mukwege, masterfully played by Isaach de Bankolé. After…
Wedding nightmare: second part, a successful sequel (review)
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett plunge Grace back into hell, where she and her little sister become the prey of a new hunt. An effective…
For Klára: Enjoyably amoral (review)
Olmo Omerzu combines an initiatory story, suspense, family chronicle and scathing humor in a film centered on a teenager suffering from eating disorders and the…