Movies
When we first see Mathilde, the protagonist of French director Benoit Jacquot’s intriguing “Seventh Heaven,” she’s literally out of focus, a beauty in a daze.
Aug. 7, 1998
Movie review: ‘Mademoiselle Chambon’
July 23, 2010
For a young mother, an unexpected tragedy causes her life to collide with a collection of people with struggles of their own.
Oct. 4, 2002
Young people in French films always seem so much more serious and reflective than their American counterparts, and that can be quite beguiling, as in the case of Laetitia Masson’s low-key, pitch-perfect first feature, “To Have (or Not),” the second offering in the Grande 4-Plex’s “Le Cinema Francais” series.
June 6, 1997
It takes a while for the hero of ‘Apres Vous’ to look out for No. 1. But Daniel Auteuil takes good care of him.
June 3, 2005
An effervescent Rebecca Marder hits nary a false note in Sandrine Kiberlain’s allegorical World War II-era coming-of-age story ‘A Radiant Girl.’
Feb. 17, 2023
24 Frames
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July 29, 2010
Though its subject was real, the French biopic “Violette” feels more like a thought experiment: What if a brilliant and daring female artist was just as self-indulgent and self-pitying as the vilest of her male counterparts?
June 26, 2014
Entertainment & Arts
Movie review: ‘The Women on the 6th Floor’
Oct. 7, 2011
Duplicity is always intriguing, but impostors, people who painstakingly create false identities from the ground up, fascinate most of all.
Oct. 3, 1997