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  • Anaïs In Love (2021)
    Review preview for Anaïs In Love

    The film’s fast flowing current carries a number of character messages we can fish out, as if they were polished by the stream, all shiny and specific.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A woman in her early thirties goes full steam ahead in pursuit of experiences which come and go at a fast pace.
  • All About Them (2015)
    Review preview for All About Them

    Fresh, frisky and surprisingly chaste considering the amount of bed-hopping going on.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Love triangle romcom.
  • Ariane's Thread (2014)
    Review preview for Ariane's Thread

    What might have been a comic cliche with a cast of oddballs is so much more humane

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A woman alone on her birthday heads for adventure in Marseille.
  • Caprice (2015)
    Review preview for Caprice

    Question: how can attractive women fall for someone as dull and useless as Clement? Answer: who knows.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A stupid man becomes embroiled in an unlikely love triangle.
  • The Count Of Monte-Cristo (2024)
    Review preview for The Count Of Monte-Cristo

    Perhaps the most impressive version to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    Aa adaptation of the Dumas classic in which a man betrayed and left to rot in prison escapes, acquires a fortune and sets out in pursuit of justice - or revenge.
  • The Electric Kiss (2026)
    Review preview for The Electric Kiss

    The chemistry between Demoustier and Marmaï is at least one Van de Graaff’s worth and Lellouche’s Armand has a playful ambivalence that works well.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A grieving artist tries to reconnect with his dead wife via a clairvoyant, who is in fact a penniless performer who has cooked up a ruse.
  • The Girl With A Bracelet (2019)
    Review preview for The Girl With A Bracelet

    This is the sort of story that will be familiar to viewers of the likes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as the lifestyle of the accused is put on trial as much as her actions.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Courtroom drama about a teenager caught up in a murder case.
  • The Girl Without Hands (2016)
    Review preview for The Girl Without Hands

    The deceptively simple ink and watercolour animation places the focus on movement so that we understand the characters through their behaviour rather than any reductive set of fixed images.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    When a miller sells his daughter to the Devil, her purity saves her but she loses her hands and must endure a life full of challenges.
  • Incredible But True (2022)
    Review preview for Incredible But True

    What makes all this work is the very straightforward and matter-of-fact way in which Dupieux approaches the story.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A mysterious tunnel in the cellar of a new home turns lives upside down.
  • Living On Love Alone (2010)
    Review preview for Living On Love Alone

    The film's action ultimately moves to a borderland between not just France and Spain, but also crime thriller and love story, dreams and reality.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    A relationship with a daring young actor offers a young woman escape from the tedium of her nine to five job.
  • The New Girlfriend (2014)
    Review preview for The New Girlfriend

    Sexuality, Francois Ozon's latest film declares, can be as complex as desiring another person can be simple.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    When a woman falls seriously ill her friend gets more than she bargained for after pledging to look after her baby and husband.
  • Sophie's Misfortunes (2016)
    Review preview for Sophie's Misfortunes

    It all works together to pay tribute to the tiny, all important, personality-building feelings that are so often forgotten.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    A girl's life changes dramatically after she is left in the care of her stepmother.
  • Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)
    Review preview for Smoking Causes Coughing

    There is a complete disregard for any kind of consequence or continuity in this film, and you know that the rug could be pulled from under you at any second.

    Nikola Jovic · 3.5 out of 5
    Tobacco Force are superhero avengers, preparing for their clash with the mighty Lezardin. But what if the real horrors are the stories they tell to each other along the way?
  • Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012)
    Review preview for Thérèse Desqueyroux

    Miller's stance may remain resolutely ambiguous but it's intriguing nonetheless.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A young aristocrat in a loveless marriage begins to strain against the bounds of her existence.
  • Time Of The Wolf (2003)
    Review preview for Time Of The Wolf

    It is easy to admire Haneke's skill as a filmmaker, but harder to enjoy the experience.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    An apocalyptic scenario as lived by a one-parent family in the French countryside.
  • Wolfy, The Incredible Secret (2013)
    Review preview for Wolfy, The Incredible Secret

    Unique in humour, unique in form

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A young wolf and his best friend, a rabbit, go in search of his heritage in a country of carnivorous hunters

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