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New York's Rendez-Vous With French Cinema — A–Z of films

2015

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  • 40-Love
    Review preview for 40-Love

    Gourmet is phenomenal as the shopping centre aficionado who makes us understand a little more why the world is in the state it is in today.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    When a man loses his job he is forced to become more involved with his tennis prodigy son.

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  • Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey
    Review preview for Fidelio, Alice's Odyssey

    We see events from Alice's perspective, meaning that, unusually, she is positioned more as the desiring subject than the desired object within the narrative.

    Rebecca Naughten · 4 out of 5
    Alice replaces a recently deceased mechanic onboard Fidelio, an old freighter, and sets off on a voyage of self-discovery.
  • French Riviera
    Review preview for French Riviera

    Production designer Olivier Radot and costume designer Pascaline Chavanne revel in the colors and textures of Seventies casino ambiance.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    Nice, 1976, Following the failure of her marriage, Agnès Le Roux returns from Africa to her mother Renée, owner of the Casino Le Palais de la Méditerranée and falls in love with Renée's confidant, Maurice Agnelet.
  • Hippocrates
    Review preview for Hippocrates

    Hippocrates is an engaging coming-of-age drama centring on the problems within public medicine in France as budget cuts bite.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
    A young doctor encounters challenges he didn't expect in his first post, working for his father.

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  • In The Courtyard
    Review preview for In The Courtyard

    Where is the plot? What is the hook?

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Life, cracked ceilings, friendship and despondency in a Parisian apartment block
  • Love At First Fight
    Review preview for Love At First Fight

    Cinematographer David Cailley, the director's brother, offers stark beauty and wicked humor.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Between his friends and the family business, Arnaud’s summer looks set to be a peaceful one. Peaceful until he runs into Madeleine, as beautiful as she is brusque.

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  • Métamorphoses
    Review preview for Métamorphoses

    Honoré is not afraid of magic and he has fun with grand gestures. Metamorphoses at heart is a defense of myths in all their offensive allure.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    Modern-day version of the Ovid tales of transformation.
  • My Friend Victoria
    Review preview for My Friend Victoria

    Only in France can a film of such delicate sensibility be made

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The story of two young Parisiennes and their different destinies
  • Next Time I'll Aim For The Heart
    Review preview for Next Time I'll Aim For The Heart

    Canet is fantastic in opening up more and more of the secret chambers in this frightening man's heart.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A notorious serial killer is also a cop tasked with his own apprehension.
  • Party Girl
    Review preview for Party Girl

    Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Burger and Theis direct with one voice, staying close to their characters and finding rhythm in the details of dance or a walk.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A nightclub hostess decides to settle down.
  • Portrait Of The Artist
    Review preview for Portrait Of The Artist

    [A] thorny, intangible and episodic cinematic dream.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 3.5 out of 5
    A filmmaker becomes obsessed with the film of his next movie.

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  • SK1
    Review preview for SK1

    SK1 at its best, is an examination of doubt.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Drama about the multi-year hunt, arrest, and trial of serial killer Guy Georges — nicknamed The Beast of Bastille.

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  • Wild Life
    Review preview for Wild Life

    If you think you can come to an easy judgement, the film seems to say, think again.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A father tries to raise his two sons away from civilisation.