Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s The Train (KL Studio Classics)
The Train is one of the best WW2 films ever produced has been out of print for some time now. Kino LorberContinue Reading
Tag: French
Film Review: Burning Ghost (2020)
A Parisian romance with a rather unusual premise – Burning Ghost is best viewed with as little advance knowledge as possible. TheContinue Reading
Film Review: The Bare Necessity (2020)
Warm-hearted, lightly comical and vaguely philosophical, The Bare Necessity channels a touch of Wes Anderson in small-town France – don’t be putContinue Reading
Film Review: Arrow Video’s Life is a Long Quiet River (Arrow Academy)
The multi-César Award-winning Life is a Long Quiet River is a humorous look at two families separated by the class divide, yetContinue Reading
Film Review: Proud (2020)
To coincide with Pride Month, Kino Marquee presents a three-part drama series from France. Fiertés (Proud) follows a young manContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s America As Seen By A Frenchman (Arrow Academy)
“If you don’t know what you want, come in because we have it.” A quintessential outsider’s view on The American DreamContinue Reading
Selfie: SXSW 2020 Film Review
A loosely connected series of stories tell with darkly comedic wit and razor sharp satire the cost of technology, socialContinue Reading
The Shock of the Future (Le choc du Futur): SXSW 2020 Film Review
Sometimes you need an intimate feel-good tale of someone defying the odds as an artist. That and a kick-ass soundtrack.Continue Reading
Film Review: Young Ahmed (2020)
The Dardenne brothers tread sensitive ground in Young Ahmed, as a teenage religious fanatic takes the teachings of his religious leaderContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Academy’s Manon (Collector’s Edition)
Perhaps one of acclaimed French director Henri-Georges Clouzot’s lesser-known works, Manon is an interesting, if not totally successful, adaptation ofContinue Reading