Category: Film Reviews
[Film review] Perfect Days
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Hirayama (Koji Yakusho) is a middle-aged man living in Tokyo. His days begin as dawn ...
Sidonie in Japan [Sidonie au Japon] — Alliance Française French Film Festival
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. Renowned author Sidonie Perceval (Isabelle Huppert) is invited to Japan by Japanese publisher Kenzo Mizoguchi ...
Marguerite’s Theorem [Le théorème de Marguerite] — Alliance Française French Film Festival
Review by John P. Harvey. Marguerite (Ella Rumpf) has had a passion since the age of 11 to prove the ...
A Great Friend [Les choses simples] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024
Review by John P. Harvey. Serial entrepreneur Vincent Delcourt (Wilson Lambert) begins to appreciate real life once he meets the ...
[Film review] The Great Escaper
Review by John P. Harvey. Bernard (Michael Caine) and Irene (Glenda Jackson) Jordan, living in their own flat within an ...
The Three Musketeers: Milady [Les trois mousquetaires: Milady] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024
Review by John P. Harvey. Close friends with the famous trio of musketeers — Athos (Vincent Cassel), Porthos (Pio Marmaï), ...
A Chance to Win [Pour l’honneur] — Alliance Française French Film Festival
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. At a town meeting in the village of Tourtour-les-Bains, southern France, the mayor, Madame Rouzière ...
Mr Blake at Your Service! [Complètement Cramé!] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024
Review by John P. Harvey. Retired business executive Andrew Blake (John Malkovich) has lost the love of his life. When ...
Wilderness Therapy [Pétakouchnok] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024
Review by John P. Harvey. In this warm adventure comedy, Pio Marmaï stars as Ludo, an imaginative horse whisperer and ...
King of My Castle [Le larbin / Kholop, le serf] — Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024
Review by John P. Harvey. Jean-François (Kad Merad) is at his wits’ end. Lavishing the spoils of his position as ...