All articles by Lisa Nesselson
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Reviews‘Antarctica Calling’: Review
’March Of The Penguins’ director Luc Jaquet returns to observe the wildlife of Antarctica
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Reviews‘The Three Musketeers: Milady’: Review
Eva Green a standout in all-star continuation - if not conclusion - of the Alexandre Dumas epic tale of derring-do
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Reviews‘Flo’: Review
Vibrant, scattered biopic celebrates the life of French navigator Florence Arthaud
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Reviews‘Bonnard, Pierre And Marthe’: Cannes Review
Cannes Premiere title paints a beautiful portrait of French artist Pierre Bonnard and his muse
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Reviews‘Goodbye Julia’: Cannes Review
A timeless tale of persecution and guilt set in pre-seceded Sudan
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Reviews‘The Rapture’: Cannes Review
A Parisian midwife takes a strange interest in her best friend’s baby in this slow-burn thriller
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Reviews‘Jeanne Du Barry’: Cannes Review (opening film)
Johnny Depp and Maiwenn open the Cannes film festival as the King of France and his low-born lover
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Reviews’The Three Musketeers - D’Artagnan’: Review
En garde! Pathe launches the all-star, no expense-spared first part of its lavish epic
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Reviews‘The Crime Is Mine’: Review
Francois Ozon’s snappy adaptation of a 1934 stageplay is a ‘sly slice of feminist triumph’
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Reviews‘Simone: A Woman Of The Century’: Review
Olivier Dahan follows ’La Vie En Rose’ and ’Grace Of Monaco’ with this portrait of inspirational French politician Simone Veil
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FeaturesJean‑Luc Godard: the enduring legacy - and lifelong eccentricities - of a French filmmaking legend
Godard was influential to his dying breath.
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Reviews‘Our Ties’: Venice Review
Roschdy Zem’s sixth feature, co-starring him and co-written with Maiwenn, competes at Venice
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Reviews‘Leila’s Brothers’: Cannes Review
Excellent performances anchor this gripping family drama about gender and succession in Iran
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Reviews‘The Super 8 Years’: Cannes Review
A snapshot of the life of French writer Annie Ernaux, as told through lively home video footage
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Reviews‘November’: Cannes Review
Cédric Jimenez’s dramatic thriller about the November 13 Paris Bataclan terrorist attack is muscular but messy
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Reviews‘Summer Scars’: Cannes Review
A mysterious premise played straight is certain to divide viewers in this Critics’ Week feature debut
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Reviews‘Brother And Sister’: Cannes Review
A sterling cast headed by Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud anchor Arnaud Desplechin’s intense sibling saga
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Reviews‘The Night Of The 12th’: Cannes Review
Dominik Moll returns to Cannes with this fascinating police procedural
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Reviews‘Scarlet’: Cannes Review
Directors’ Fortnight opens with Pietro Marcello’s unusual period semi-musical drama
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Reviews‘Notre Dame On Fire’: Review
Jean-Jacques Annaud’s ambitious thriller is a suspenseful recreation of the 2019 Notre Dame cathedral fire