Movies
The diversity of contemporary French cinema will be on display at the City of Lights, City of Angels film festival.
April 23, 2014
City of Lights, City of Angels gives French film an L.A. spotlight
Review: French thriller ‘The Prey’ runs on outlandish energy
June 7, 2013
A roller-coaster script and a hard-case leading man propel director Eric Valette’s solid nail-biter about a prisoner on the run.
Duplicity is always intriguing, but impostors, people who painstakingly create false identities from the ground up, fascinate most of all.
Oct. 3, 1997
In Gaspar Noe’s “Irreversible,” a woman is savagely beaten and raped, the camera capturing every tortured moment over nine long minutes.
March 3, 2003
The attention-grabbing, stomach-churning French film is little more than Hollywood hard-core extremism.
March 7, 2003
A fine cast and a realistic touch give the charming farce a sweetness and emotional intimacy.
March 2, 2007
There are several different pathways through the great swath of cinema unspooling this week at the City of Light, City of Angels French Film Festival.
April 22, 2018
Famed French scriptwriter Daniele Thompson went behind the camera in her latest film, the comedy ‘Avenue Montaigne.’