France
Human Flowers of Flesh is just as enticing for anyone who has or hasn’t seen Beau Travail.
Revoir Paris is not an easy film to watch, but the emotional journey is a gratifying one.
Making a good double feature, Payton McCarty-Simas reviews He Went That Way and Dead Girls Dancing!
What results is an engrossing, often painful, always warm portrait of the challenges of wanting to make art in a world hostile to the prospect.
A timeless coming-of-age tale told beautifully by Marcello and his collaborators, Scarlet is a cinematic treat for the eyes, the ears, and the heart.
Delphine Deloget’s social-realist French drama, “All to Play For,” also known as “Nothing to Lose,” premiered at Cannes in 2023.
L’abbe Pierre stuns with incredible, reflective artistry, designing a an exquisite stage Benjamin Lavernhe dominates from start to finish.
With its gorgeous cinematography and an incredible performance from Mouna Hawa, Inshallah A Boy proves that freedom is in the fight.
Claude Schmitz’s The Other Laurens may not be the most intense thriller at times, its slow-burn mystery will prove itself alluring and transfixing.
While the lack of resolution is disappointing for the audience it doesn’t make The Night of the 12th any less powerful.
There are many reads you could take from Vincent Must Die and how its theme speaks to you will be your own experience.
Weird, romantic, and undeniably powerful in spite of its imperfections, The Five Devils is a film that deserves your attention.
Winter Boy would benefit a lot from leaning into its heartbreaking premise, but the tasteful melodrama is perhaps still considered too passé.
Inventive and enchanting, once Wittman’s Human Flowers of Flesh takes hold it becomes clear what the film is.
Fans of Murakami’s inimitable style will be pleasantly amazed at how well Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman brings his magical world to life.