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
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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
Film Review: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Céline Sciamma’s film is what you want from a love story; ravishing, beautiful, and quietly powerful. Portrait of a Lady onContinue Reading