France
In our latest report from Sundance Film Festival 2022, Wilson Kwong reviews Fresh and Worst Person in the World – both films demanding attention.
Featuring an understated performance from Tim Roth, Sundown forces audiences to reevaluate all of our assumptions about him and his unconventional choices.
While Dumont’s France seems more interested in piling dramatic events on top of dramatic events, Seydoux is never less than masterful.
Patrick Ridremont’s The Advent Calendar is a holiday horror film about a woman given the opportunity to walk again, but at what price?
All is Forgiven chronicles the breakdown of a family and a daughter’s attempt to understand the real reasons why many years later.
Hidden Kisses is a well-acted and well-crafted movie, but it still feels a bit overdramatic given the year of its release.
In using the medium of melodrama for Parallel Mothers to convey such a message, Almodóvar has given us one of his best films in years.
Żuławski channeled his personal heartbreak into primal horror, and the result is a messy, marvelous movie.
Paul Verhoeven’s latest film Benedetta, based on the infamous 17th century, has the Catholic Church up in arms as it delivers the satire.
You’ll definitely laugh, and you might cry, too; whatever the case may be, you’re guaranteed to be moved by Trier’s empathetic storytelling.
Mia Hansen-Løve’s Bergman Island features emotionally intelligent filmmaking and a lovely central performance from Vicky Krieps.
Titane spins elements of body horror and science-fiction into a beautiful tale of love and identity, grounded in true human emotion.
Just like the movie-within-a-movie style Hansen-Løve uses to tell the story, her latest film is a layered, intelligent work full of reflection about art, life, and relationships.
Ari Folman’s latest Where Is Anne Frank is a kaleidoscope of beautiful visuals and good intentions, even if some of them don’t exactly land.
Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman follows a young girl exploring her mother’s childhood home and finding another girl in the surrounding woods.