The One-Line Review (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
France/Austria/Germany Feature Film Original Title: Le temps du loup Writer/Director: Michael Haneke Cinematographer: Jürgen Jürges Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Anaïs Demoustier, Lucas Biscombe, Hakim Taleb, Olivier Gourmet, Patrice Chéreau, Béatrice Dalle A young family travel to their weekend home in the countryside, following some unspecified event or series of events that...
The Life and Times of a Problem Child (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The humidity levels aren't as severe these past few days but heavy precipitation gets me down. I particularly hate precipitation mixed with strong winds or continuous rain showers as the asphalt on the roads here become swept away and driving...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Alysson Paradis Béatrice Dalle. Rating:
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Get ready for the release of the most gruesome, terrifying and disturbing horror films of the year as Momentum Pictures gives birth to the gore-fest Inside on DVD on October 12, 2009. Four months after pregnant Sarah (Alysson Paradis) loses her husband in a horrific car crash she is tormented in her home by a mysterious mad-woman (Beatrice Dalle) who wants her child. View some gory photos… Roll...
DCist (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Betty Blue Jean-Jacques Beineix managed to define an entire aesthetic of French cinema in the 1980s ("Cinéma du look," which featured highly stylized visuals and stylishly disaffected youth) through just two films, 1981's Diva , and 1986's Betty Blue . The...
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Bernard, Antoine and Delphine Arnault, John Galliano and Claude Montana feted the exhibition “Tyen: 30 Years of Creation,” at the Palais de Tokyo museum.
HorrorScope (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
Martyrs ( France – 2009 ) Dir: Pascal Laugier Starring: Morjana Alaoui, Mylene Jampanoi A young woman is subject to depraved torture in an effect to learn of the afterlife in this grisly, confrontational horror film. A true assault on the senses this film’s sadistic nature makes it a tough watch for even the most seasoned horror fans. Still, it makes some interesting observations about...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Film Reviews: Manages to wrench emotion via slow-burn buildup and strong perfs, particularly from Beatrice Dalle.
dark eye socket (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
Female Performances: 01. Naomi Watts as Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn in Mulholland Dr. 02. Stockard Channing as Julie Styron in The Business of Strangers 03. Helen Mirren as Mrs. Wilson in Gosford Park 04. Shiang-chyi Chen as Shiang-chyi in What Time Is It There? 05. Uma Thurman as Amy Randall in Tape 06. Mania Akbari as the Driver in Ten 07. Cate Blanchett as Philippa in Heaven 08. S amantha Morton as...
Westword | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Early in Betty Blue , aspiring novelist Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) declares, "She was like a flower with translucent antennae and a mauve plastic heart" in so solemn a tone that it practically dares the viewer to laugh. And so it goes throughout this divisively fleshy 1986 opus. Bett...
Zombie Cupcake (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Indoors on my own and off work, I watched a lot of French horror last Friday. Well, three films to be precise, and I now have renewed respect for the French and their bravery in making truly messed up, intense movies. I am still mulling over Martyrs . I know I enjoyed it but I can't quite form coherent sentences as to why. It's had a funny impact on me really. I would love to study it on a film course...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
International News: European films feature strongly in selection -- The Venice Film Festival's Critics' Week has unveiled its lineup featuring 10 world preems with a largely Eurocentric focus, complemented by two topical Iranian works, and one from South Korea.
The Australian (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
ONE of the more bracing moments of my adolescence involved going to the movies with a female friend, also in her late teens, to see the French film Betty Blue. It opens with an explosive 10-minute sex scene that is arousing enough to fire up an entire retirement village, let alone an 18-year-old lad who is already as toey as a Roman sandal.
The Oxford Times | Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Reviews of 32 Shots of Run, Cloud 9 and Echoes of Home
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