The Truth – Review Carmen Paddock March 21, 2020 Reviews This film was previously reviewed as part of our Glasgow Film Festival coverage in March 2020. As the truth becomes a more and more contentious issue in contemporary media, The Truth feels a throwback to a...
Spotlight: Catherine Deneuve Josefine Algieri March 19, 2020 Analysis, Features, Spotlight There may be no name so immediately synonymous with French cinema as Catherine Deneuve. With a career spanning more than half a century and more than 130 screen credits to her name, Deneuve is a steady fixture...
Farewell to the Night – Berlinale 2019 Review Josefine Algieri February 13, 2019 Reviews The recruitment of white Europeans to the cause of ISIS is a topic which keeps coming up in films. Prolific French director André Téchiné is the latest to add to this list with his newest film, Farewell to...
The Midwife – Review Rachel Brook July 8, 2017 Reviews French legends Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot go tête à tête in The Midwife. Despite the rather twee sun-dappled publicity images, Martin Provost’s film plays like a less grim and more substantial...
The Brand New Testament – LFF Review Nick Evan-Cook October 15, 2015 Reviews What if God were alive and living with his dysfunctional family in Brussels? The Brand New Testament answers this question and raises many more with its whip-smart and hilarious satire on religion, morality...