This Life of Mine is a small delight of a film
French writer, actor, and director Sophie Fillières tackles the frustrations of middle-age and gendered invisibility in her curious dramedy This Life of Mine. It’s important to note that Sophie Filliè…
French Film Festival
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Audrey Diwan's Emmanuelle is more neurotic than erotic
Audrey Diwan’s reimagining of Emmanuelle is dull, muddled, and more neurotic than erotic. The Hong Kong set film searches for steam and neon in Wong Kar-wai’s Chunking Mansions and stages a typhoon to…
Alliance Française French Film Festival Reveals Its Landmark 35th Edition
PRESS RELEASE Today the Alliance Française French Film Festival (AF FFF) in collaboration with the French Embassy, unveiled its complete 2024 programme of ground-breaking French cinema. Presented by…
One Fine Morning (Une beau matin) Review – Another Tender and Impressive Entry in the Filmography of Mia Hansen-Løve
Powered by JustWatch Mia Hansen-Løve has the ability to create seemingly specific and a times highbrow topic and turn them into something relatable to every day living. Although Bergman Island e…
Saint Omer Review – Alice Diop’s Debut Feature is an Unforgettable Work of Crucial Storytelling
Powered by JustWatch Acclaimed documentarian Alice Diop’s first narrative feature, Saint Omer, could easily have been a true crime documentary as it is based on the case of a Senegalese-French w…
Final Cut (Coupez!) Review - Michel Hazanavicius’ Zom-Com Love Letter to Cinema
Powered by JustWatch Director Michel Hazanavicius has his own love affair with cinema that has seen him direct the Oscar winning The Artist an almost silent film about the silent film era and it…
Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) Review – Alice Winocour Honours Survivors in This Powerful Drama
Powered by JustWatch Alice Winocour’s fourth feature moves into somewhat personal territory for the writer/director. Partly inspired by her brother’s survival of the 2015 Bataclan terrorist atta…
Exclusive: Shannon Murphy Gives Her Top 5 Picks For Alliance Francaise French Film Festival as Festival Ambassador
Top 5 Picks at the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival courtesy of Festival Ambassador, acclaimed screen and theatre director - Shannon Murphy (Babyteeth). The Alliance Francaise French Film Fest…
Adieu Les Cons (Bye Bye Morons) Review - A High-Energy Comedy Mystery Quest with Dark Undertones
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. There are clear throughlines weaving their way through the work of Albert Dupontel, from his very first feature (Be…