All articles by Lisa Nesselson – Page 12
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ReviewsPublic Enemy Number One: Part 1/Part 2 (Mesrine: L'Instinct De Mort/Mesrine: L'Ennemi Public N1)
.Dir: Jean-Francois Richet. 2008. Fr-Can-It. Part 1: 113mins, Part 2: 132mins.
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ReviewsInju, The Beast In The Shadow
Dir: Barbet Schroeder. France. 2008. 105mins.Oral, written and visual storytelling traditions converge in Inju, The Beast In The Shadow, a duel of wits between two successful novelists - one a media staple, the other a recluse - and the geisha girl with a connection to both ...
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ReviewsParis 36 (Faubourg 36)
Dir. Christophe Barratier. 2008. Fr/Ger/Czech Republic. 120 min.The proud sentimentality that made Christophe Barratier’s first film, Les Choristes, a runaway hit in France is back with a vengeance in Paris 36 (Fabourg 36) a retro musical with all the period trappings of 1936 France, from accordion ...
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Babylon A.D.
Dir: Mathieu Kassovitz. 2008. France. 101mins.An American mercenary stranded in Eastern Europe finds his ticket back home escorting a very special young lady the 6,000 treacherous miles from a convent in Kazakhstan to the Manhattan of the future in Babylon A.D. Mathieu Kassovitz's ambitious but flawed sci-fi action movie touches ...
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Mark Of An Angel (L'Empreinte de l'ange)
Dir. Safy Nebbou. 2008. France. 95 min.The payoff is slow in coming but packs a punch in Mark Of An Angel, a tense drama that gives two of France's finest actresses roles to sink their teeth into. Catherine Frot - opposite Sandrine Bonnaire - plays a woman who finds herself ...
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ReviewsThe First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie)
Dir. Remi Bezancon. Fr, 2008. 114 min
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Hand of the Headless Man (Ou est la main de l'homme sans tete')
Dirs. Guillaume and Stephane Malandrin. Belgium-France-Holland. 2007. 103 minsWhen an Olympic-level Belgian diver played by Cecile De France emerges from a coma, elements from several film genres - all of them interesting - seem out to get her in Hand of the Headless Man. De France's sober, nuanced performance anchors ...
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Dorothy
Dir. Agnes Merlet. 2008. France. 102 min. An isolated Irish island whose wary residents don't like outsiders - or any developments in interior decorating since 1920 or so - is the creepy setting for supernatural thriller Dorothy, Agnes Merlet's first film in 11 years. Placing a female psychiatrist from the ...
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My Friends, My Loves (Mes amis, mes amours)
Dir. Lorraine Levy. Fr, 2008. 98 minAn idea that probably sounded good on paper - starting with the best-seller status of Marc Levy's source novel - proves inconsequential on screen in My Friends, My Loves, a London-set romantic comedy about two divorced French fathers who chafe at strict ground rules ...
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ReviewsIt's Hard Being Loved By Jerks (C'est Dur D'etre Aime Par Des Cons)
Dir. Daniel Leconte. 2008.France. 119 minsFreedom of speech and freedom of the press versus religious grievances are explored to edifying effect in It’s Hard Being Loved By Jerks. This lively, intelligently-structured documentary chronicles the suit brought by Muslim organisations against French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo after ...
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