9.2
Marre constructs the film out of light, almost weightless moments that repeatedly collide with the dead end of history.
9
… ironic, politically alert and suspicious of every supposedly progressive position.
9
…. funny, suspenseful, tender and occasionally bizarre.
6
Whether the to-ings and fro-ings of the economic battles and the clashing egos is enough to sustain a fairly long film is a question that still hangs in the air
Writer-director Antonin Baudry is unapologetic about his gargantuan new two-movie project about French wartime hero Charles de Gaulle. With a combined running time of nearly five-and-a-half-hours, that’s a lot of
6
... rather plodding ...
7.5
… elegantly realised …
Too beautiful to be a movie star? Or just too French?
There is a particular kind of fatigue that settles over a filmmaker once his signature has been noticed too many times, and Jafar Panahi, joining a press conference for It
A discussion with Massimo Benvegnu in Two Parts