It would appear that "female troubles" are inspiring some intriguing projects at the art house. In the last couple of years we saw the subject taken on both comically ("Hysteria") and dramatically ("A Dangerous Method"), with the lines between health, sexuality and social mores all blurring, along w...
Read More »Making her feature directorial debut "Augustine," Alice Wintour wisely enlisted the talents of Vincent Lindon and Chiara Mastroianni, two excellent veterean French actors, to take on supporting roles in the film. But in the lead, she went with a rising newcomer, singer/actress Soko and added to that...
Read More »Claire Denis’ last two features, “35 Shots of Rum” and “White Material” were both critically adored and ended up on a lot of Best Of lists when they debuted between 2008 and 2009. Her back catalogue is equally impressive, so it’s no wonder then that her follow-up that we’ve been waiting four years f...
Read More »When the members of The Playlist like to get our foreign film art house mojo working, there are few filmmakers as consistently rewarding as Claire Denis. As we outlined in our retrospective a couple years back, her body of work is impressive, with a number of distinct, individual films that are...
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