Continue reading →Varda leaves us with a final masterclass to savour, lovingly made in the documentary form that she so adored.
Tag / France
Creatures, The (1966)
Continue reading →Varda’s work here is under-appreciated—a layered and surreal collision of imaginary and abstract ideas about a writer’s creative process, and one might even say a tonal antecedent to the modern pictures of Yorgos Lanthimos.
River, The (1951)
Continue reading →Renoir’s extraordinarily beautiful work, shot entirely in India in Technicolour, is a triumph of cross-cultural storytelling as it meditates on the ephemerality of life.
French Cancan (1955)
Continue reading →Renoir’s musical-romance is full of colour, schmaltz and spectacle, marked by some astonishing sequences of dance choreography and editing.
Grand Illusion (1937)
Continue reading →A treasured work from Jean Renoir that deals with class issues in the context of war in this unorthodox prisoners-of-war story.
Frantz (2016)
Continue reading →An elegiac if delicately-directed film by Ozon about lies, truths and the aftermath of war affecting the lives of those that continue to live.
By the Grace of God (2019)
Continue reading →A psychologically complex drama with an impressive narrative structure that pits several men against a centuries-old institution, in what is a riveting based-on-a-true-story take on paedophilia and the Church.
In the House (2012)
Continue reading →Ozon is back in fine form with this fun and twisted take on voyeurism and hidden desires.
Faces Places (2017)
Continue reading →A charming little French documentary about capturing images of the everyday as lived by everyday women and men, and lit up by the wonderful spirit of creators Varda and JR.
Zombi Child (2019)
Continue reading →An overall fascinating if strange concoction that tackles big ideas of history, politics and culture, but not always in any purposeful direction.
Eternality Tan 