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MARGAUX HARTMANN/L'ETREINTE (Ludivic Bergery 2020) In his debut feature, director Bergery doesn't get in the way of the mature beauty of the star,...

This was an amateur film from Stanley Kubrick, his second feature. Introduced by Eddie Muller for “Noir Alley”, this movie may be incoherent to...

NORA MARTIROSYAN: SHOULD THE WIND DROP/SI LE VENT TOMBE (2020) GRÉGOIRE COLIN (LEFT) IN SI LE VENT NE TOMBE Grégoire Colin, the iconic...

MY DONKEY, MY LOVER, AND I ( Caroline Vignal 2020) The watchable and charming Laure Calamy (Noemie in Netflix's "Call My Agent") in a romantic...

RED SOIL/ROUGE (Farid Bentoumi 2020) An urgent eco-thriller about generational labor conflict and safety issues. Two of the main characters and...

GAGARINE/GAGARIN (Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh 2020) This new twist on a Paris "banlieue" story turns from gangs and drugs to community and...

LITTLE GIRL/PETITE FILLE (Sébastien Lifshitz 2021) The 2021 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema's opening night film is a hushed documentary that...

LUDIVIC BERGERY: MARGAUX HARTMANN/LÉTREINTE (2020) VINCENT DEDIENNE, EMANUELLE BÉART IN L'ÉTREINTE Emanuelle Béart as a recent widow...

FANNY LIATARD, JÉREMY TROUILH: GAGARIN/GAGARINE (2020) ALSENI BATHILY IN GAGARINE Takes the ordinary and turns it into wonders Thanks in...

HÉLIER CISTERNE: FAITHFUL/DE NOS FRÈRES BLESSÉS (2020) VINCENT LACOSTE (CENER) IN FAITHFUL The true story of a young Frenchman executed in...

FARID BENTOUMI: RED SOIL/ROUGE (2020) ZITA HANROT, SAMI BOUAJILA IN ROUGE Conflicting loyalties to environment vs. employment divide father...

CAROLINE VIGNAL: MY DONKEY, MY LOVER, AND I/ANTOINETTE DANS LES CÉVENNES (2020) Antoinette dans les Cévennes Holiday frolic with Laure...

European film buffs were in awe of Fellini when La Dolce Vita came out. But while it won the Palme d'Or, it was probably L'Avventura that deserved...

You’re right about Fellini. Juliet of the Spirits is dazzling, and he doesn’t pause to breathe. I just loved the colour, the faces, and the...

The Rendez-Vous begins today: schedule All films are available for five days following their premiere times, which are listed below. Thursday,...

Lineup Announced for 26th Edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Petite fille/Little Girl UniFrance and Film at Lincoln Center...

SÉBASTIEN LIFSHITZ: LITTLE GIRL/PETITE FILLE (2021) Petite fille/Little Girl A trans child and her parents battle her school A...

Back to this year's Golden Globes Owen Gleiberman's Variety article entitled "Golden Globes: In This Most Idiosyncratic of Movie Years, Even...

Johann, Your report led me to watch Juliet of the Spirits again, because I'm subscribed to HBO now and it's free there to subscribers. It is...

Off topic for a moment. The charges against Woody Allen. A review of the new HBO documentary, "Allen v. Farrow." It's heading is: "'Allen v...

Peter Bradshaw's typically well phrased but overly enthusiastic writeup of the Golden Globes for the Guardian confirms what I said about Daniel...

More about the 2021 Golden Globes. FURTHER COMMENTS: Word is that the virtual awards ceremony evening was a complete botch, with many...