Tag: French movies
A Woman’s Body Is Government Property: L’événement is a Tale Set in 1963 That Remains Tragically Relevant in the Modern Era
The French have never been wont to sugar-coat anything. And why would they bother to do so with abortion? Or, at least, why would writer-director [Read More…]
Un Amour de Jeunesse… Est Un Amour Que Vous Marque Pour Toujours
“I’ll always love you and never know why,” Camille (Lola Créton) earnestly, melancholically and dramatically tells Sullivan after eight years of separation at his own [Read More…]
Visages Villages–Un Beau Mirage
The camera as pen, writing a narrative in a literary and therefore sentimentalist way, is nothing new to auteur Agnès Varda. From the moment of her [Read More…]
It’s In the Blood: Raw
Julia Ducournau may have previously made a film called Mange (meaning “eat,” for you uncultured swine), but this would be nothing compared to her true [Read More…]
Vengeance Is A Dish Best Served When Emotions Are Running High: Le Dos Au Mur
Whether you’ve been the one cheated on or the cheater himself, both sides of the coin are well-represented in Le Dos Au Mur, a little [Read More…]
The Symbiosis of Friendship As Detailed by Microbe & Gasoline
In every adolescence, there is a period characterized by feelings of isolation and loneliness. For the protagonist of Microbe & Gasoline, fourteen-year-old Daniel Guéret (Ange [Read More…]
Follow Huppert and Depardieu to the Valley of Love
You can’t really hate an ex if you once loved him. At least, that’s the conclusion we’re led to by Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert) in Guillaume Nicloux’s [Read More…]
It Boy Shows Us A Younger Man Is The (USB) Key to A Woman’s Heart
The story of an older woman “getting her groove back” with a younger man has become increasingly common (whether this is because of Madonna’s many [Read More…]
Thunderbirds! Mistaken Identities! The 70s!: The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun
“I’ve never seen the sea. I’ve never seen the sea.” It is this logic that guides the heroine of the remake of the 1970 German [Read More…]
Mélanie Laurent’s Respire Emphasizes the Dark Side of Female Friendship
There is perhaps no more complex relationship in existence than the one that is between two adolescent females. It is a time in one’s life [Read More…]
