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‘The Brand New Testament’ is a clever off-beat comedy that can’t quite sustain its premise

The Brand New Testament Written by: Thomas Gunzig, Jaco Van Dormael Directed by: Jaco Van Dormael Belgium, 2015 Imagine you found out the exact time you were going to die. What would you do? Would you quit your job and take that long awaited round the world trip or finally seek true love? Or would …

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‘3 Coeurs’ Movie Review – is not a credible romance

French filmmaker Benoît Jacquot often crops up in discussions of overlooked auteurs of contemporary French cinema. His work is quiet, understated, and rarely finds a wide audience. Yet, efforts like Farewell My Queen, A Single Girl and The School of Flesh are heralded as among the best French efforts of their respective years. However, for every effort that wins the heart of niche audiences, the rest of his films are divisive and alienating. While a lack of consistency is perhaps working against him, many of his contemporaries are even bigger gambles: François Ozon is responsible for some beautiful films but more of his efforts are outright misses, and even heavyweights like Olivier Assayas deliver as many misses as successes. Perhaps it is the quietness of Jacquot’s style that works against him, his best efforts coming across as understated and his worst as dull.

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6 Most Anticipated French Films of 2014

France ruled the film world in 2013, producing some of the most critically acclaimed and controversial titles. La Vie D’Adele took home the Palme D’Or and has since been subject to intense debate around the ethics of the film’s production and its depiction of sexuality. Among the other highlights was Alain Guirandie’s L’Inconnu du lac, …

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Alone In The Apartment: The Criterion Collection presents ‘Repulsion’

Repulsion (1965) Dir. Roman Polanski United Kingdom – 105 minutes, B&W Criterion Spine # 483 Warning: Here be spoilers. Like flies to the gooping carcass of a skinned rabbit, Repulsion invites a lot of intellectual psychobabbling that usually amounts to the same things being said by different people.  We can all pretty much agree what …

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