France
With an intriguing story and a craftsmanship in filmmaking, The Wild Goose Lake is a ride you want to be on, holding on to you until the very end.
With Portrait of a Lady on Fire, writer-director Cèline Sciamma has created something extremely precious. Read our coverage from NYFF 2019.
Michel Ocelot has always been one to apply the breadth of his creativity towards an easy narrative, but only with Delili does it prove to be something of a barrier to what can be more fulfilling.
Stephanie Archer reports from New York Film Festival with reviews of French films Zombi Child and Oh Mercy!
Potrait of a Lady on Fire builds to an awe-inspiring, pulsating crescendo that leaves the audience’s collective heart thudding.
Céline Sciamma’s tender masterpiece paints a portrait of visual poetry, of what happens when art intersects with love for a fragment of time.
Despite excellent performances from Binoche and Deneuve, Koreeda’s The Truth is rather more conventionally dull.
Adults In The Room is a hard sell, failing to deliver an intriguing narrative despite being about the political cunning behind the Greek financial bailout.
A Faithful Man is a charming farce that only the French could pull off, combining all of the best elements of vintage romances with a thoroughly modern take on gender roles.
Varda by Agnes is a disappointing finale to a remarkable career, a feature length beginner’s guide to her back catalogue for new fans only.
With an uninspired script and meaningless dialogue to fill space, Cold Blood is lifeless from the opening moments, failing to live up an action movie or thriller.
The only thing more surreal than the experience of going to see Bi Gan’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night is perhaps the movie itself.
Tracks is a rather tedious ride that doesn’t possess any of the characteristics a rom com should have in order to soar.
Katie Says Goodbye proves playing an uplifting song at the end of a film doesn’t resolve the absence of thematic meaning that was lacking throughout the entire movie.
A big crowd-pleasing comedy that truly delivers, The Trouble With You is simply a very funny film with a very large heart.