“Look at yourself in a mirror all your life and you’ll see death at work like bees in a hive of glass.” Orpheus (Orphée) is one
Tag: French cinema
Film review – Persepolis (2007)
Iranian born Marjane Satrapi was in many ways a typical adolescent girl – opinionated, defiant and rebellious yet a bit of a romantic and very
Film review – Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien is often compared to the legendary Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu who also had a minimalist approach to filmmaking, which focused on
Film review – Molière (2007)
Describing Molière as a French Shakespeare in Love seems lazy but it is an apt description for this fictional story about a famous literary figure
Film review – Tell No One (2006)
Based on a 2001 novel by American mystery writer Harlan Coben, Tell No One is a terrific French thriller full of twists and intrigue that,
Film review – La Vie en Rose (2007)
Key to the impact of writer-director Olivier Dahan’s biopic La Vie en Rose is the mesmerising central performance by Marion Cotillard (Toi et moi, A
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