Tagged Isabelle Huppert

This film was previously reviewed in May 2019 as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. Any film not made for mass audiences is always at risk of sliding into a montage of first world problems, such is...

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...

Films focusing on Isabelle Huppert in dubious encounters with young blonde girls seem to be well on the way to becoming a genre of their own. After seducing and ultimately holding hostage Chloë Grace Moertz...

Neil Jordan's last film, the underrated vampire tale Byzantium, focused on an unconventional mother-daughter relationship to riveting effect. Now he returns to the same well for Greta, albeit with mixed...

After making waves last year in Paul Verhoeven’s revenge thriller Elle, Isabelle Huppert once again finds herself the headliner in a psychological thriller, this time as the brusque femme fatale Eva. As you...

This was previously reviewed on 22/05/17 as part of Cannes Film Festival. Austere, 75-year-old auteur Michael Haneke might not seem the most obvious choice to comment on the current landscape of live...

Please note: this article contains descriptions of sexual assault. The release of Happy End this week marks the fourth collaboration between European arthouse darlings Isabelle Huppert and Michael Haneke....

Based on Edouard Louis’s novel published at the tender age of 21, The End of Eddy, Reinventing Marvin articulates the difficulty of coming out within a hostile working-class environment. Anne Fontaine’s...

Austere, 75-year-old auteur Michael Haneke might not seem the most obvious choice to comment on the current landscape of live streaming and democratic video, but he proves himself a master of all forms of...

There aren’t many films that make you question the meaning of cinema. Claire’s Camera, written and directed by Hong Sang-soo, is one of those films. It forms a fascinating counterpoint to the recent...

Raucous, outrageous and more than a little bit preposterous, Paul Verhoeven's provocative “rape comedy” Elle will ruffle feathers for its apparently callous use of rape as a narrative device – but,...

This week sees the release of Elle, the latest film from acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven, so what better time to look back at his career and test your knowledge? You may love his films, but how well do you...

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has spoken! The Golden Globes 2017 results are in and there's one big winner in the form of La La Land. Scooping seven gongs including all the major categories (Actor,...

As with his previous film, Oslo, August 31st, Joachim Trier's finest directing moments in Louder Than Bombs come with voiceovers and memories, plus one excellent extended party sequence. For his English...

As both a writer and director Mia Hansen-Løve unveils a wisdom far greater than her relatively few years should permit; Things to Come (L'avenir) is a masterclass in restraint that proves that a film does not...