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45 reviews
Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve

Sony Pictures, 2008

Spellbinding!
The DVD was every bit as good as the book. Like most Americans who were well tuned into the Iranian hostage crisis, I had an extremly dim view of that country. Now, I understand that there is far more to Iran, that there are actually many decent people there.

Ready to Wear

23 reviews
Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren

Miramax, 1999

A Crazy Quilt
Why all the hate for FEADY TO WEAR? Like many of you, I was underwhelmed when it first came out but now thanks to constant showings on the Sundance Channel and all those channels in that narrow band of indie cable, it has been growing on me and now I can't stop watching it. Barbara Shulgasser's writing is wonderful, and if it has been chopped up like cole slaw by Altman's fitful direction, and ...

My Favorite Season

11 reviews
Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil

Fox Lorber, 1998

Intelligent and Wonderfully Brillant Cinema
This review refers to the Fox Lorber DVD edition of "My Favorite Season".... "My Favorite Season" is a wonderful piece of French filmmaking.The intelligent and subtle screenplay, the brillant cast, the beautiful setting of the French countryside,marvelous music, all under the expert direction of Andre Techine, had me hanging on every word,left me wanting more of this exquiste film, and thinking ...

Searching for Debra Winger

26 reviews
Laura Dern, Teri Garr

Lions Gate, 2004

Interesting and full of talent
If you are a film buff and are interested in the listed actresses,this film will not disappoint. It highlights an issue that is very real and pervasive: where are the scripts and stories about adult women, for adult women and by adult women? It's well done and captivating.

It's Easier For a Camel...

1 review
Jean-Hugues Anglade, Yvan Attal

New Yorker Video, 2005

A Quirky But Enjoyable Film
IT'S EASIER FOR A CAMEL presents an interesting slice of life. As the film begins, we meet Frederica (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi), a young woman in her thirties who seeks the counsel of a priest. In her "confession" (she begins but never finishes and has about three subsequent visits to the church), we learn that she is wealthy, hence the title of the film--when Frederica tells the priest she feels ...

Love Songs

2 reviews
Ludivine Sagnier, Jean-Marie Winling

Ifc, 2008

Romantic, funny, sad, moving
Ismael (Louis Garrel, the Gallic version of the adorable young Hugh Grant), lives with Julie (Ludivine Sagnier). Alice (Clotilde Hesme), who works with Ismael, shares their bed and Julie's affections. On a night of tragedy, Jeanne, unawares, hooks up with Gwendal (Yannick Renier), whose teen-aged brother Erwann (Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet) turns out to be the only one who can bring a shattered ...

Nowhere [Region 2]

83 reviews
James Duval, Rachel True

Palace Films

dogs eating people IS cool
arraki's teen apocalypse triology ends in the wonderfully lovely "nowhere". of course, arraki's films always attract the WRONG audience so itll be hard for you to know which review to trust. here's how to tell: 1. if the reviewer says an arraki film has "bad acting" - they dont get it. 2. if the reviewer's only positive remark involves their mastabatory fantasies - they dont get it. 3. if ...

My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into An Argument

11 reviews
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuel Salinger

Fox Lorber, 2000

A Movie for Young Intellectuals
If you're looking for steamy sex scenes, forget it; while this movie does deal with sex, it does so through discussion and debate, two highly-regarded French art forms! (Perhaps a lot of the disappointment surrounding this film is due to the fact that the title was inversed when it was released in the U.S.: The French title is "How I Got Into an Argument (My Sex Life).") But don't write the film ...

Persepolis

Time Regained

16 reviews
Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart

Kino International, 2001

Proust, Captured on Film
Suffice it to say that Chilean-born director/screenwriter Ruiz tackled a monumental assignment. Reducing Proust's lengthy Trilogy (Remembrance of Things Past), to a few hours of screen time would have been beyond the capabilities of most filmmakers. That he has succeeded so well is a great credit to him and to his creative crew. The film is told in a series of flashbacks as Proust lies on his ...

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument [Region 2]

11 reviews
Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuel Salinger

A Movie for Young Intellectuals
If you're looking for steamy sex scenes, forget it; while this movie does deal with sex, it does so through discussion and debate, two highly-regarded French art forms! (Perhaps a lot of the disappointment surrounding this film is due to the fact that the title was inversed when it was released in the U.S.: The French title is "How I Got Into an Argument (My Sex Life).") But don't write the film ...

For Sale

2 reviews
Sandrine Kiberlain, Sergio Castellitto

Image Entertainment, 2001

haunting look at one woman's desperate journey to discover herself
It's always interesting to find different opinions about the same film. I believe the other reviewer missed some key moments in this film. It was a haunting look at one woman's desperate journey for self-discovery. Also, from my perspective, any nudity included was not titilating but used to make a point. It starts with Luigi, an Italian transplant, who has been hired to track down his ...

Beyond The Clouds

16 reviews
Fanny Ardant, Chiara Caselli

Image Entertainment, 2000

Beyond the Clouds
This summer I read Nathaniel Dorsky's book "Devotional Cinema" and looked at many of the movies he regards as being capable of getting us in touch with our deeper human nature. Among those mentioned were several Antonioni films that have to do with the relationship between men and women. In "La Notte" of crucial importance to the male writer depicted in the movie is woman as muse. Antonioni ...

Le Temps retrouvé [Region 2]

16 reviews
Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart

Kino International

Proust, Captured on Film
Suffice it to say that Chilean-born director/screenwriter Ruiz tackled a monumental assignment. Reducing Proust's lengthy Trilogy (Remembrance of Things Past), to a few hours of screen time would have been beyond the capabilities of most filmmakers. That he has succeeded so well is a great credit to him and to his creative crew. The film is told in a series of flashbacks as Proust lies on his ...

Carnage for the Destroyer

10 reviews
Chiara Mastroianni, Ángela Molina

Fox Lorber, 2004

Trajectory: The Pulsing Global Balls of Coincidences
CARNAGE is a stunning film - though from the outset it should be made clear that it is not a film for all audiences. For those who cringe at gore, those who are frustrated by nonlinear storyline, and those who feel uncomfortable with magical realism - beware. This is a two-hour plus journey that demands concentration and suspension of belief to glean all of the multilayered meanings it holds. ...

Umbrellas of Cherbourg/My Favorite Season

3 reviews
Daniel Auteuil, Jean Bousquet

Fox Lorber, 1999

Chilly Cherbourg isn't quite Sunny Malibu
What I thought initially, "Oh no, not one and a half hours of pure music, no speaking," soon changed within a few minutes to "This is going to be an exciting movie." Being a visual person I was first strike by the color arrangements in and outside and although the music was quite ordinary except for the hit number I Will Wait for You, I started to realize that this New Wave type film was ...

Nowhere [Region 2]

83 reviews
James Duval, Rachel True

dogs eating people IS cool
arraki's teen apocalypse triology ends in the wonderfully lovely "nowhere". of course, arraki's films always attract the WRONG audience so itll be hard for you to know which review to trust. here's how to tell: 1. if the reviewer says an arraki film has "bad acting" - they dont get it. 2. if the reviewer's only positive remark involves their mastabatory fantasies - they dont get it. 3. if ...

Six-Pack [Region 2]
Richard Anconina, Frédéric Diefenthal

Prêt-à-Porter [Region 2]

23 reviews
Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren

A Crazy Quilt
Why all the hate for FEADY TO WEAR? Like many of you, I was underwhelmed when it first came out but now thanks to constant showings on the Sundance Channel and all those channels in that narrow band of indie cable, it has been growing on me and now I can't stop watching it. Barbara Shulgasser's writing is wonderful, and if it has been chopped up like cole slaw by Altman's fitful direction, and ...

Prêt-à-Porter [Region 2]

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