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Starring: Mads Mikkelson, Bruno Ganz, Roxane Duran Genre: Drama/ World Cinema In the 16th Century, horse trader Michael Kohlhass lives a satisfyingly quiet and solitary existence, however when he is wronged by a ruthless Baron he pursues the matter through … Continue reading
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Looking back at this decade, these are the 10 films from each of these ten individual years that stand out as part of my film viewing experience and education. I am in no way saying this is the definitive top … Continue reading
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Starring: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Kristin Scott Thomas, Isabelle Carré Genre: Drama/ Comedy/ World Cinema University lecturer Damien (Bacri) and stage director Iva (Scott Thomas) are a seemingly happy French bourgeois couple. When, as a favour for the sister of her friend’s … Continue reading
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Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Mathieu Amalric, Jaen-Paul Roussillon Genre: Drama/Comedy/Festive French Frolics The Vuillard family is no stranger to tragedy, mental illness and indifference, but when the matriarch of the family Junon (Deneuve) learns she has cancer and needs a bone … Continue reading
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It is all pretty obvious what makes a film a ‘Christmas Film’, but a good Christmas film is surely another matter. Every year a whole collection of truly awful films that are as cheap, tacky and nasty as Christmas itself … Continue reading
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Starring: Michel Bouquet, Christa Theret, Vincent Rottiers Genre: Drama/Romance/Biopic/Smug French vanity project In the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Andrée Heuschling (Theret) arrives at the estate of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Bouquet) to work as a model. … Continue reading
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I cannot emphasise enough that I by no way mean that the films on this list are rubbish, unless I physically state that. These are films I often enjoyed and have many great elements to them; however I just do … Continue reading
Starring: Michael Haneke, Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Huppert You may like this if you liked: The films of Micheal Haneke basically An insightful documentary on Austrian auteur Micheal Haneke, showing interviews with the man himself, and showing behind the scenes … Continue reading
Starring: Romain Duris, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo You may like this if you liked: Untouchable (Olivier Nakachi and Eric Toledano, 2011), The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011), Potiche (François Ozon, 2010) France 1958, Rose Pamphyle (François) decides to leave her … Continue reading
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