DVD Times (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
News: Optimum Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Alice et Martin on 23rd February 2009 priced at £17.99 RRP. This romantic drama directed by André Téchiné stars Juliette Binoche and Alexis Loret. Features include:1.85:1 Ana...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
The Witnesses : erotic, not lurid The 46th annual New York Film Festival opens tomorrow, and as the Voice 's own J. Hoberman , one of the festival's five programmers, puts it, "Cannes, as usual, was the prospector's mother lode." Which means, among other things, that the Frenchies are coming. NYFF 2008 includes new films from Olivier Assayas and Arnaud Desplechin, as well as Hong Sang-Soo's Paris-set...
jürgen fauth's muckworld (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Wild Reeds/Les Roseaux sauvages. André Téchiné, 1994. **** It Happened One Night. Frank Capra, 1934. **** Recount. Jay Roach, 2008. **** The Long Good Friday. John Mackenzie, 1980. **** Ikiru. Akira Kurosawa, 1952. **** Hamlet 2. Andrew Fleming, 2008. *** Autumn/Automne. Ra’up McGee, 2004. *** Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, 2008. *** Mildred Pierce. [...]...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
This week saw some interesting new entries into the DVD Talk Review Database, especially if you're looking for some...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Highly Recommended The Films: Lions Gate Films in collaboration with French juggernaut Studio Canal continue to deliver outstanding product to the North American market. This time around I have in my hands a 3DVD set with films by French contemporary director Andre Techine. The four films in it are: Hotel des Ameriques, J'embrasse pas, Ma Saison preferree, and Les Roseaux Sauvages. Hotel des Ameriques...
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Reviewed by Brett Cullum Quote: "Francophilles should find the release of the Andre Techine: 4-Film Collector's Edition a reason to celebrate, as it contains four sturdy examples of Techine's work during his most successful period. It's a solid collection offered with 'no frills' for viewers who want to explore what it means to be conflicted."
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
DVD Reviews: Constantly finding new ways to organize and package the titles in their wide-ranging Studio Canal library, Lionsgate sticks its neck out with an Andre Techine collection, offering a survey of four psychological studies by the serious-minded French director.
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
I have only seen a couple of episodes of the British sci-fi comedy series Spaced, but those few shows have had me eagerly awaiting the series to be released on DVD. Tomorrow the complete series is released, including deleted...
The Sound Room (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
by Oliver Amnuayphol When it comes to home theater, nothing beats a properly set-up projector and screen for image size and quality, and SI Screens has just upped the ante with their new Black Diamond series of projector screens. Available...
Salon (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
This movie about a former hustler is a devastating portrait of the aging body.
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
At first, it's tempting to call French director Andre Techine's "The Witnesses" the real "Sex and the City," with its much more plausible characters fretting over their even more Byzantine sex lives.
Torontoist (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
It's closing weekend for Inside Out , but there's still a bunch of interesting films left to see. One of the most exciting screenings today is The Witnesses (pictured), the new film from acclaimed French writer-director André Téchiné , who also made the queer-themed The Wild Reeds . Set in and around Paris in 1984, the film follows a small and rather incestuous group of friends who all become affected...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
European Films on the great Catherine Deneuve's new project. She will have now worked with Andre Techine more than any other auteur Paste Magazine Scarlett Johansson's 5 father figures. Interesting piece The House Next Door has a fine recap of the most recent Battlestar episode "Faith" which gave longtime fans a lot to speculate on. Have I told you recently that 'Six' is fast becoming my favorite character?...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Lionsgate, through Studio Canal, will be releasing a 4-film boxset of the films of André Téchiné in July, similar to the manner they did with Godard and Buñuel. The set will include two previously available titles ( Wild Reeds [ Les Roseaux sauvages ] and My Favorite Season [ Ma saison préférée ]) as well as two R1 debuts ( I Don't Kiss [ J'embrasse pa s] and Hotel America [ Hôtel des Amériques ])....
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
"Surprise winner The Girl by the Lake swept the David di Donatello awards, taking home 10 statuettes, including Best Film, Best Director and Best New Director for Andrea Molaioli (40), who beat out his two teachers, Nanni Moretti and...
