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Theo & Hugo [Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau] **** (2016, Geoffrey Couët, François Nambot) – Movie Review

The daring and brilliant Theo & Hugo is a lovely French boy meets boy film, very sweet, touching, funny and warm-hearted. With its mix of romance and comedy, you could just about call it an […]

Aug, 17

Irma La Douce *** (1963, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi) – Classic Movie Review 3676

Director Billy Wilder makes the bold decision to film a musical by dumping all the original popular Broadway show’s songs for his 1963 comedy Irma La Douce. Apparently he did not feel comfortable staging song […]

May, 08

Loin de Manhattan *** (1982, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Howard Vernon, Laura Betti) – Classic Movie Review 3636

Writer-director Jean-Claude Biette’s 1982 French comedy drama Loin de Manhattan is intriguing and densely scripted, with playful performances and teasing results. It stars Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Howard Vernon, and Laura Betti. In Biette’s complex screenplay, […]

May, 01

Bastille Day **½ (2016, Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Kelly Reilly) – Movie Review

Idris Elba stars as a loose-cannon CIA agent who races through Paris to arrest an American pickpocket and forces him to join his anti-terrorist mission to foil an evil bomb plot. The pickpocket (Richard Madden) is a […]

Apr, 21

Dheepan **** (2015, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers) – Movie Review

The startling 2015 feature film Dheepan from Jacques Audiard, the maker of A Prophet and Rust and Bone, is quite an eye-opener and an emotional ride, as well as a real impressive piece of film-making, winning the […]

Apr, 11

Les Cousins **** (1959, Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel) – Classic Movie Review 3554

Director Claude Chabrol re-unites with Jean-Claude Brialy and Gérard Blain, his stars from the previous year’s Le Beau Serge, for this outstanding 1959 French New Wave drama that won him the Golden Bear award at […]

Apr, 10

Angel *** (1937, Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 3356

Producer- director Ernst Lubitsch’s 1937 sincere and over-earnest love triangle comedy drama stars Marlene Dietrich as Lady Maria ‘Angel’ Barker, a woman who is neglected by her English diplomat husband Sir Frederick (Herbert Marshall) and […]

Feb, 14

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