Tag: French

Redmond Bacon - 09-08-2022

This miserablist French coming-of-age story has a lot of craft, but is in the service of an irredeemable storyline — live from Locarno [Read More...]

Jack Hawkins - 03-08-2020

A film location scout touring a repossessed and crumbling French chateau engages with a coquettish stranger, in this peculiar British movie - on VoD on Tuesday, August 4th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 02-12-2019

Parisian Baroque singer Elodie Fonnard and Afghan refugee Ahmad exchange songs, poetry and hope, in this exquisite mixture of documentary and fiction - watch it for free with ArteKino in the month of December only! [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 19-09-2019

Haitian teen has to juggle her "zombi" heritage with her new-found friends in an elite boarding school somewhere in France, in this hybrid of horror and political drama - now available on Mubi [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 09-08-2019

Five years in the making, Adolescentes is a remarkable achievement, charting two very different girls from 13 to 18 as they grow into maturity - on Mubi on July 9th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 29-07-2019

In the male-dominated music industry of Paris in the 1970s, Ana uses electronic gadgets in order to create a brand new, dirty sound - in cinemas from Friday, September 13th [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 05-01-2019

A father’s legacy is minutely dissected in this stirring tale of regret, nostalgia and the true meaning of community spirit - in cinemas Friday, January 11th [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 03-01-2019

French drama detailing the lives of two lovers during four decades is a canny tale of chauvinism and quiet domestic suffering - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 14-11-2018

Angry without a cause? Teacher has to grapple with student's "white anxiety" and latent nationalism, as she attempts to help younger people to integrate into the world of work - French drama in cinemas Friday, November 16th [Read More...]

Ben Flanagan - 15-10-2018

Just child's play? Substitute teacher suspect's there's something Machiavellian about his students, and that they may have been involved in his predecessor's suicide - from the BFI London Film Festival [Read More...]

Redmond Bacon - 16-09-2018

One move is all it takes! Vincent Cassel plays a fundamentally decent man whose life is turned upside down due to one single extraordinarily bad mistake, in French genre-bender - streaming now with DMovies [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 05-07-2018

Your daddy loves you!!! Sarcastic and dry French comedy about fathers and sons attempting to rekindle their bond through group therapy has quite a few dirty surprises in store - on all major VoD platforms on July 9th as part of Walk This Way [Read More...]

Jake Sanders - 04-06-2018

Who are the real loonies? Scotsman sent to defuse WW2 landmines left behind by retreating Germans in France finds solace and sanity amongst mental asylum escapees - anti-war classic from the 1960s hits cinemas this Friday [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 14-03-2018

Three's a crowd: three flashbacks explore a man's memories, particularly the love of his life. In cinemas from Friday 16th March [Read More...]

Richard Greenhill - 03-03-2018

Because I'm bloody worth it! French film about a woman in her 50s experiencing menopause is unabashed in its physical frankness and very moving in its representation of femininity - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Alasdair Bayman - 15-02-2018

Let the beast out of the cage! Isabelle Huppert stars in absurdist drama about powerless teacher grappling with her rowdy and unimaginative pupils, until she begins to morph into something else - now streaming with DMovies [Read More...]

Alasdair Bayman - 18-01-2018

L'amour goes black and white: Philippe Garrel's latest drama is a monochrome piece of artistry about two women of the same age and the nature of love - now on MUBI [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 08-01-2018

Stéphane Brizé's adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's romance about the illusions and the unfortunate fate of a French woman in the early 19th century is a very moving and yet subtle piece of filmmaking - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Alasdair Bayman - 08-12-2017

French thriller plays with the colour palette in order to convey a sense of broken masculinity, partly shunning gravity-defying cars in favour of more psychological depth - watch it now on VoD [Read More...]

DMovies' team - 07-12-2017

Do you think that the best testosterone-fuelled thrillers and noir films are across the Atlantic? Think again. They are right here on this continent, in the Men of the Edge collection [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 09-11-2017

In the realm of the seances: French outing for Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a strange, meditative ghost story which straddles both cultures – watch it now on VoD [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 30-09-2017

Urban dystopia has never looked as colourful as in this fast-paced, street-smart, animated, French-Japanese co-production - in cinemas Thursday, October 11th [Read More...]

Alasdair Bayman - 17-08-2017

Is Jacques Becker's masterpiece indeed "the greatest French film of all times"? Our dirty writer Alasdair Bayman takes a fresh look at the highly subversive and innovative flick, and reflects on topics of honour and incarceration - now on DVD, BD and EST [Read More...]

Lina Samoili - 10-08-2017

Are you classy enough? Jacques Becker's early masterpiece is a hilarious comedy challenging gender stereotypes and questioning the values of the French bourgeoisie - available in the UK for the first time [Read More...]

Jeremy Clarke - 31-05-2017

French stop-frame animation about a young boy admitted to an orphanage following the accidental death of his mother deals with deep-seated social issues - now also available on Mubi [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 23-05-2017

There's a young woman living inside each one of us, and sometimes she goes a little crazy. And that's ok! Effective drama by debutante French filmmaker is on Mubi in June/July [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 28-04-2017

Heartwrenching tale of organ donation is extremely profound and graphic in its depiction of a transplant - yet it will stir your emotions, not your stomach - compulsory watching for everyone out now in cinemas [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 03-04-2017

We have a very dirty surprise for you: bloody disgusting French horror about vegetarian-turned-cannibal will keep your head spinning and your stomach churning - out in cinemas this week! [Read More...]

Victor Fraga - 27-09-2016

The film exam of your life: what does it take to become a filmmaker? And what qualities are expected from a film student? Doc looks at the entry exams for one of the most prestigious film schools in France, and the outcome is rather unexpected - in selected cinemas [Read More...]