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  • The Astronaut (2022)
    Review preview for The Astronaut

    The combination of Disney-style chasing the dream narrative and gritty realism at work here is a thing to behold.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    An aeronautical engineer at Ariane Espace, Jim has devoted himself for years to a secret project: building his own rocket and accomplishing the first manned space flight as an amateur. But to realise his dream, he must learn to share it.
  • Dante 01 (2008)
    Review preview for Dante 01

    The film sets up an interesting situation, like the pilot of a TV series, and then leaves you, as it were, at the beginning.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A new arrival with alien powers upsets the equilibrium amongst prisoners in a deep space psychiatric detention centre.
  • Mammuth (2010)
    Review preview for Mammuth

    Anchored by Depardieu's unflinching performance and his sheer physicality, the film mixes melancholic nostalgia and mordant satire with a strong sense of the absurd.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    An anarchic comedy in which a retired abbatoir worker takes to the road on his Mammuth motorbike in search of the paperwork he needs to get his pension.
  • Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
    Review preview for Mademoiselle Chambon

    Mademoiselle Chambon will appeal more to those who prefer their 'affair drama' narratives slow-burning and the characters almost painfully restrained.

    Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
    Jean, his loving wife and son live a simple, happy life. At his son's homeroom teacher Madamoiselle Chambon's request, he volunteers as substitute teacher and starts to fall for her delicate and elegant charm.
  • Mandibles (2020)
    Review preview for Mandibles

    This whole film isn't just about but on the fly, with Dupieux never letting the pace slip for so much as a few seconds of the short running time.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    When friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash.
  • Three Dancing Slaves (2004)
    Review preview for Three Dancing Slaves

    In the tradition of dans-vous-visage Gallic cinema, Three Dancing Slaves (Le Clan) cuts the audience no slack.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Tension among brothers at a sexually intense age.

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