French-Algerian director Emma Benestan takes a fresh approach to some monster/revenge tropes to give us a dark fable of female power.
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The Story of Souleymane (L’histoire de Souleymane) (2024)
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I had heard a buzz about this French drama by Boris Lojkine which can be a blessing or a curse. Gladly, the rumours were true.
Continue readingMenus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)
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Dahomey (2024)
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Boîte Noire (Black Box) (2021)
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I love a good psychological thriller and have a secret fascination with the kind of detective work that must go into investigating plane crashes.
Continue readingÀma Gloria (2023)
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Capturing the world of a six-year-old child with astounding authenticity, Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq shows us a time in our lives before we understand the larger world.
Continue readingGolden Eighties (1986)
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An insubstantial musical bubble about the vagaries of love set in an 80s stage set shopping mall.
Continue readingThe Nature of Love (Simple Comme Sylvain)(2023)
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I kept thinking this romcom was ‘so French’ as it eschewed all the typical tropes in favour of a madcap, wry cynicism about love. But of course, it’s French-Canadian. Sorry!
Continue readingRoom 999 (Chambre 999) (2023)
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A room full of filmmakers with remarkably little insight into the world outside of their bubble.
Continue readingAnatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d’une Chute) (2023)
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Lesson one: don’t watch a 2 1/2 hour slow French film at 9:30 pm at night at the Comedy Theatre.
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