“Red Lights” (2004): French Thriller of Marital Strife & Suspense
Red Lights (Feux Rouges) (2004) Ridley Scott’s “Red Lights” blends Hitchcockian tension with a psychological drama that delves deep into ...
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Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure, 2013) Movie Review & Filmsummary, Cast
I admit that much of Roman Polanski’s later oeuvre has left me cold. Sometimes I wonder if this offers me ...
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Dheepan (2015) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Jacques Audiard, a screenwriter since the 1970s who turned to directing in the ‘90s, broke through to international attention with ...
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Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups, 2001) Movie Review & Filmsummary, Cast
In initial viewings, Christophe Gans’ loopy, imaginative mixture of horror film, swashbuckler, chop-socky flick and conspiracy thriller, struck me as ...
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Queen Margot (La reine Margot, 1994) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Patrice Chereau’s elaborate, expensive take on the costume epic, an extension of the grimier, would-be honest period films of the ...
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The Transporter (2002) Movie Review, Cast & Crew, Film Summary
Ür-text for much of the past decade’s high-flying thrill-rides, with future House of Besson protégés Pierre Morel as Director of ...
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District B13 (Banlieue 13, 2004) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Could also be called The Running, Jumping, and Never Standing Still Film. Taken director Pierre Morel’s debut, under the aegis ...
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Jules et Jim (1961) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
.Having watched this film twice, I can say it consistently gives me a conflicted reaction. I love Truffaut’s stylish filmmaking, ...
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Hotel du Nord (1938) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
A fine Marcel Carné film from the age of fullest flowering for the poetic-realist movement. But it’s also not of ...
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