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  • 35 Shots Of Rhum (2008)
    Review preview for 35 Shots Of Rhum

    Denis declines to make concessions, she’s willing to show, refuses to tell.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    The shifting relationship between a single dad and his teenage daughter.
  • Adam's Sake (2025)
    Review preview for Adam's Sake

    Drucker, who earlier thrived as a character or supporting actress, once again demonstrates that she has the authority for lead parts.

    Marko Stojiljkovic · 4 out of 5
    Following a court ruling, four-year-old Adam is hospitalised for malnutrition. The head nurse faces a tricky battle to balance the competing interests of child, parent and hospital.
  • Bastards (2013)
    Review preview for Bastards

    The precision of Claire Denis' perplexities, the ardent blows that fire at the heart and the head, are unequaled in her film Bastards (Les Salauds).

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A vengeful man sets out to find out about the businessman who caused his family's ruin.
  • Late August, Early September (1998)
    Review preview for Late August, Early September

    The performances are from the Be-Yourself-School-of-Non-Acting.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Young people fall in and out of love soap-opera style in France.
  • The Limits Of Control (2009)
    Review preview for The Limits Of Control

    I suspect even Jarmusch’s most ardent fans will find longeurs.

    James Benefield · 2.5 out of 5
    A mysterious man shares coffee and conversation with people, writing down details on matchbook flaps. But what are his motives?
  • L'Intrus (2004)
    Review preview for L'Intrus

    No plot, no point, except L'Intrus is consistently exciting to look at.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Plot-defying drama about a naked man, with dogs.
  • Let The Sunshine In (2017)
    Review preview for Let The Sunshine In

    Denis and Binoche take a perceptive and light approach to what could have been hackneyed material.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    Isabelle, single mum, divorced artist with one child, is looking for love. True love at last.
  • Raising Colors (2018)
    Review preview for Raising Colors

    Raising Colors treads on unfashionable grounds and emerges victorious.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Drama about a young woman who decides to join the French Navy.
  • Tiresia (2003)
    Review preview for Tiresia

    Intense, intriguing, beautifully framed and intellectually challenging.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Modern take on ancient myth of a blind seer who is man and woman.
  • Trouble Every Day (2001)
    Review preview for Trouble Every Day

    If nastiness was a flower, Trouble Every Day would be a bunch.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A tale of a depressive American doctor, honeymooning in Paris, and a nymphomaniac who eats men.

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