Continue reading →One of the most intricate of screenplays ever written in recent years paired with an extraordinary performance by Adele Exarchopoulos places this powerful yet sensitive drama in a class of its own.
Tag / France
Prayer, The (2018)
Despite an excellent Berlin Best Actor performance by Anthony Bajon, Cédric Kahn’s latest is rather rote in its treatment of rehab through religion.
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Continue reading →Kieslowski’s final film brilliantly questions the nature of privacy, fate and guilt in this probing tale of morality and choices.
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Continue reading →A psychological and musical treatise on personal grief by the great Kieslowski, by turns imaginative and humanistic.
Marius (1931)
Continue reading →Witty and earnest, this is a remarkable work of ‘30s French cinema that benefits from very human characterisations.
Double Life of Veronique, The (1991)
Continue reading →A metaphysical treatment of the ‘doppelganger’ story, Kieslowski’s brilliant work is both ravishing and mysterious, and features an incredibly mesmerising performance by Irene Jacobs.
Climax (2018)
Continue reading →Modern dance and LSD combine in this lethal and relentless psychedelic nightmare that never lets up.
Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
Continue reading →Shot in France and starring Juliette Binoche in an excellent performance, this is however a minor work by Hou that doesn’t quite achieve anything substantial.
Eternality Tan 