French and French-language Films
The Page Turner: a pleasing though cool psychological study of revenge through music
Denis Dercourt, “The Page Turner” / “La Tourneuse de Pages” (2006) A cool, elegant psychological
Category: French and French-language Films
Reviews of films from France and French-language films from Belgium and Switzerland. At this stage, I’m not sure if there’ll be many French-language films from African and other countries coming within my orbit – probably I’ll create a separate category for them and call it French-language Films from outside Europe, or something hopefully more succinct and graceful!
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The Trial: brave and visually striking attempt to bring classic Kafka dystopia to screen
Orson Welles, “The Trial” / “Le Procès” (1962) This film is a visually striking adaptation
French and French-language Films | North American Films
Birds of a feather, let’s flock together: four film shorts about birds illustrate something universal about human behaviour and social life
Pierre Coffin, “Pings” (2 shorts, 1997) Ralph Eggleston, “For the Birds” (2000) Dony Permedi, “Kiwi!”
British Films | French and French-language Films | North American Films
Cave of Forgotten Dreams: too much whimsy and overbearing music, not enough facts and editing mar a fine documentary
Werner Herzog, “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” (2010) In 1994, three speleologists discovered and explored a
Eastern European Films | French and French-language Films
Fantastic Planet: absorbing animated science fiction film with important messages and ideas
René Laloux, “Fantastic Planet” / “La Planète Sauvage” (1973) A very absorbing animated science fiction
French and French-language Films
Paris qui dort: amusing and light-hearted short film about human nature and Paris as a fantasy city
René Clair, “Paris qui dort” (1925) An amusing and light-hearted moral fable about what would
French and French-language Films
La Jetée: a brave experiment in film-making about the nature of time and memory as it depicts a tragic romance
Chris Marker, “La Jetée” aka “The Jetty’ (1962) Unusual in its use of still black-and-white
French and French-language Films
Man Bites Dog: strong satire on Western cultures’ obsession with sadistic violence
Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde, “C’est arrive près de chez vous” (“It could happen
French and French-language Films
Rififi: godfather of heist movies with a morality tale of redemption
Jules Dassin, “Rififi” (1955) A film about a technically perfect crime, only for its participants
French and French-language Films
Eyes without a Face: mad-scientist horror genre gets serious treatment with issues of control and identity
Georges Franju, “Eyes without a Face” / “Les yeux sans visage” (1959) Lean and elegant in