The Deserter: caustic and surprising (review)
The story of an Israeli deserter treated in a manner that is both distressing and burlesque, Dani Rosenberg's second film reveals a very contemporary acuity….
The Law of Tehran: an impressive societal thriller (review)
Panorama of crack trafficking in Tehran through the mirrored portraits of a cop and a thug. A big uppercut, seen and approved by William Friedkin….
The Deserter: caustic and surprising (review)
The story of an Israeli deserter treated in a manner that is both distressing and burlesque, Dani Rosenberg's second film reveals a very contemporary acuity….
Challengers: return (finally!) winning for Guadagnino (review)
Between racing hearts and exhaustion of bodies against the backdrop of tennis, the director of Call me by your name films a love triangle, embodied…
Back to black: impressive Marisa Abela (review)
Although sanitized, this biopic on Amy Winehouse still manages to capture something of the wounded intimacy of a young girl in search of simple happiness….
Rebel Moon: Part 2 – The Slasher, two repeats (review)
The sequel to Zack Snyder's space opera on Netflix is just a big fight scene without much vision. We had finished the first part of…
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, spoiler-free review
The second Fantastic Beasts is a wonderful moment of cinema, exciting and gripping. TF1 is rebroadcasting this Sunday evening The Crimes of Grindelwaldthe second episode…
Love, Deadly But Vibrant Behind Closed Doors by Michael Haneke (review)
Arte will broadcast this drama with Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant this evening, followed by the documentary Trintignant by Trintignant. This Wednesday evening, Arte will…
Fabrice Luchini, astonishingly sober in La Petite (review)
The French-speaking film festival opened last August with this contemporary drama about mourning and family reconstruction, by Guillaume Nicloux. A success, to be (re)watched this…
LaRoy: funny and inspired (review)
Shane Atkinson makes his mark with a “Coen-style” black comedy that goes beyond a simple stylistic exercise. LaRoy is like Fargo: a small town you…
Amal – A Free Spirit: a shocking film (review)
By describing the fight of a teacher against religious fundamentalism, this intense Belgian thriller brings a committed stone to the current wave of school films….
With Monkey Man, Dev Patel signs a first punchy film (review)
Man is an ape to man. Following this adage, Dev Patel enters the big leagues with a style exercise dedicated to the genres to which…