Skip to main content

Search: Starring Vincent Lindon

  • Anything For Her (2008)
    Review preview for Anything For Her

    Anything For Her restores feeling and humanity to scenes we see played out far too often in an utterly meaningless way.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    When Julien's wife is imprisoned and all legal means fail her, he becomes determined to save her at any cost.
  • The Apparition (2018)
    Review preview for The Apparition

    The greatest strength of The Apparation is how ably and confidently it projects not just uncertainty, but the nebulous possibility of it.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A journalist investigates a woman's claims to have seen the Virgin Mary.
  • Augustine (2012)
    Review preview for Augustine

    Augustine belongs to a family of movies that scrutinise the social construct of illness, not with a lecture but with a wayward glance.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    A professor studying 'hysteria' in the 1890s finds himself attracted to one of his patients.
  • 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.
  • Both Sides Of The Blade (2021)
    Review preview for Both Sides Of The Blade

    Although this film has no body count, it carries with it all the danger of an erotic thriller.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Sara has been in a stable, loving relationship with Jean for years. But then a man from their past reappears and, without warning, an old passion reignites.
  • Diary Of A Chambermaid (2015)
    Review preview for Diary Of A Chambermaid

    The film, co-written with Hélène Zimmer, functions like exquisite lacework with new patterns emerging at every turn.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    An alert servant works for a wealthy couple in rural France.
  • A Few Hours Of Spring (2012)
    Review preview for A Few Hours Of Spring

    Stéphane Brizé's perfectly balanced two-hander is a breath of fresh air.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An ex-con struggles to cope with his mother's failing health.
  • Filles Uniques (2002)
    Review preview for Filles Uniques

    Watching the two women find common ground, and then wreak havoc upon it, is what makes this otherwise unremarkable film worthwhile.

    Claire Sawers · 3 out of 5
    A female friendship develops between a strait-laced Parisian judge and a shoplifter.
  • The Measure Of A Man (2015)
    Review preview for The Measure Of A Man

    Stephane Brizé is a master of films that appear to say very little but actually speak volumes.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    A supermarket guard faces a moral quandry.
  • 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.
  • The Second Act (2024)
    Review preview for The Second Act

    Working out where the play-acting stops and the “real” action begins is enough to keep you on the edge of interest.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Film within a film sees actors squabble at a roadside pub.
  • Titane (2021)
    Review preview for Titane

    The audience laughed at times that were not meant to be that kind of funny, a primate exhalation of surprise and relief.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    A dancer becomes pregnant after having sex with a car.
  • Vendredi Soir (2002)
    Review preview for Vendredi Soir

    A beautiful, sensual film that offers a new take on that oldest of clichés, the one-night stand.

    Gary Duncan · 3.5 out of 5
    A one-night stand between strangers who meet in a Parisian traffic jam.
  • The White Knights (2015)
    Review preview for The White Knights

    A fiercely intellectual film, Lafosse shears away any shred of sentimentality, although humanism remains.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Dramatisation of the Zoe's Ark controversy.
  • Welcome (2009)
    Review preview for Welcome

    By keeping the focus firmly on the personal relationship between the two men Lioret lifts his story out of cliche and into a place where emotions flourish.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A Kurdish boy from Iraq trying to reach the UK strikes up an unusual friendship with a middle-aged Frenchman.

News and features

Paul Rowley on moving to New York, the Pulse massacre, and Gays Against Guns

Going ape Antonin Niclass on character creation, empathy and animated short Into The Forest

Freeform Will Niava on grief, new immigrant experiences and Jazz Infernal

In silence Emir Kumova on child marriage in Türkiye, moral challenges and making The Witness

Taking a ride into liminal spaces Katharine Round on making documentary Ghost Town

Flying blind Michael Woloson and Scott Tinkham on improvisation, experimental writing and Littermates

In deep water Dominic Curran on internet overexposure and A Little Learning Is A Dangerous Thing

More news and features

Festival coverage

Festivals
Cannes festival coverage, 2026

We're bringing you all the latest news and reviews from the Cheltenham International Film Festival, the Leeds International Film Festival, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights.



We're looking forward to the French Film Festival and DOC NYC.



We've recently brought you coverage of the Belfast Film Festival, Halloween Frightfest, the Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Newfest, the London Film Festival, the New York Film Festival and Grimmfest.



Read our full for more.


Visit our festivals section.