One of the most controversial films in recent years, and for good reason, Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs is almost two films in one. Split into two separate stories, but linked together thro... Read more
Way back in 2009, for those that can remember, one man pulled off the largest heist in French history, adding 11.6 million Euros in cash to his name without ever having to use violence. Thi... Read more
Michael Haneke’s (Cache, The White Ribbon) film Amour has been generating a ton of buzz since it won the Palm D’Or at this year’s Cannes Festival. Figuring that it will like garner a nomina... Read more
The first film I had the pleasure of screening at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival was Frédéric Jardin’s Sleepless Night, a French action film that’s small in scale but high in intensity. T... Read more
Hitting the blu-ray/dvd shelves today from Magnolia Home Entertainment is writer/director Fred Cavayé’s (The Next Three Days, Anything for Her) adrenaline fueled French thriller, Point Blank... Read more
In one word, Le Havre — named after the port city in Normandy in which the film takes place – is beautiful. Visually La Havre (at least how writer/director Aki Kaurismäki and cinemat... Read more
When given the prospect of watching a French horror film that I had never heard of I jumped on it. As someone that really enjoys non-mainstream horror movies and actively seeks them out, hav... Read more
Prolific director Johnnie To is known best in the west as the guy who can craft one hell of an action/crime flick. His latest film, entitled Vengeance, doesn’t deviate at all from the formu... Read more
It’s very difficult to describe Certified Copy without giving it all away. What I will say is that director Abbas Kiarostami manages to keep you guessing at every step in this French/I... Read more
Thanks to Graham Malin of the Cinegasm Podcast, we have our first review of the Oscar nominated animated film, The Illusionist. Check out his short review below and be sure to leave you comm... Read more
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