France

Melanie Laurent’s ‘Respire’ probes the depths of a toxic friendship

‘JLG/JLG: self-portrait in December’

NYFF 2014: Life Upon the Wicked Stage – ‘Life of Riley’

Fantasia 2014: ‘Aux yeux des vivants’ offers lazy filmmaking and few scares

65 Good Reasons to Love French Cinema (Documentary Film)

‘Bright Days Ahead’ a laid-back, but overly familiar French romantic drama

Bruno Dumont’s P’tit Quinquin and the Future of Foreign Language Television

6 Most Anticipated French Films of 2014

FNC 2013: ‘L’inconnu du lac’ proves that sex on the beach can be deadly

FNC 2013: ‘L’inconnu du lac’ is an incredible thriller with the mood and atmosphere of a great horror

Here Be Dragons: ‘Peur(s) du Noir’ a sometimes-terrifying French animated anthology of childhood fears

‘Camille Claudel 1915’ Movie Review – is a powerful spiritual experience

‘A Cat in Paris’ never truly actualizes its self-imposed expectations

Inside Out 2012: ‘Beauty’ is a picture of uncompromising dark complexion

Inside Out 2012: ‘Bye Bye Blondie’ is suffused with libertine barbarism and moral ambivalence

Inside Out 2012: ‘Let My People Go!’ cheerfully fun, but sadly unfunny

TJFF 2012: ‘Off-White Lies’ is a lyrically offbeat comedy

TJFF 2012: ‘Let My People Go!’ is a cheerfully fun film that’s sadly unfunny

TJFF 2012: ‘Naomi’ is a study of incurious people being unlikeable for unknowable reasons

TJFF 2012: ‘The Day I Saw Your Heart’ magically conciliates its flaws with French charm

TJFF 2012: ‘A Bottle in the Gaza Sea’ is a half full, half empty experience

TJFF 2012: ‘OSS 117: Lost in Rio’; from the 60’s with love

Glasgow Film Festival 2012: ‘Tales of the Night’ a hugely enjoyable film from ‘Kirikou’ director