Raw
This French-Belgian horror-drama is the story of a life-long vegetarian studying at what can only be described as The Stanley Kubrick School for Veterinary Science. Raw caused a literal splash on the festival […]
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Personal Shopper
Frown with limbs Kristen Stewart plays Maureen, a personal shopper who’s also a medium. That’s not her clothing size, I mean she can speak to the dead. Her recently deceased twin brother […]
Elle
One-man Dutch movie industry Paul Verhoeven directs Elle, or as Cineworld lists it, Elle (French). Not a prequel to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (I don’t know what that means either), Elle stars Isabelle Huppert as the […]
Three Colours: Red
Continuing with Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours trilogy, each film exploring a principal of the French Revolution, Red is the chapter that examines fraternity. This is actually the final part of the trilogy, […]
Three Colours: Blue
Last week, Theresa May called for a “red, white and blue Brexit,” which was very European of her considering those are famously the colours of the French Tricolore. Based on […]
Martyrs
Aaauuuuggghh. That’s the sound of me just having watched 2008 horror film Martyrs. From the New French Extremity movement, Martyrs is ostensibly the story of a woman (Mylène Jampanoï) seeking revenge on her torturers, […]
On iPlayer: Ca$h
Anyone who saw Ocean’s Eleven and thought “If only this was in French” will be pleased to hear that Ca$h is currently on iPlayer. This French caper stars Jean Dujardin (The Artist) as a conman […]
Girlhood
This is a French drama about a teenage girl named Marieme (Karidja Touré), who lives in a deprived Parisian neighbourhood. With a difficult home life and no real opportunities, she […]
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