Island Zero, 2017. Directed by Josh Gerritsen. Starring Laila Robins, Adam Wade McLaughlin, Terri Reeves, Matthew Wilkas, and Elaine Landry. SYNOPSIS : A remote island off the coast of Maine, USA, finds itself cut off from the mainland when communications fail, and the ferry fails to appear. Then people start to disappear too, and the […]
Movie Review – Ghost Stories (2017)
Ghost Stories, 2017. Directed by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Starring Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, and Alex Lawther. SYNOPSIS: An academic and arch-sceptic is drawn into a quest to disprove the reality of three inexplicable cases of supernatural activity. Adapted from a successful stage play that first toured the UK in 2010, Ghost Stories is […]
MyFrenchFilmFestival Review – Crash Test Aglaé (2017)
Crash Test Aglaé, 2017. Directed by Éric Gravel. Starring India Hair, Julie Depardieu, and Yolande Moreau. SYNOPSIS: A young worker learns that her factory is going to be relocated abroad, and surprises everyone by accepting to go to India in order to hold on to her job. Aglaé (India Hair) is a young woman dedicated to her […]
New films showcased completely online at 2018 MyFrenchFilmFestival
French and Francophone films are set to be shown online as part of MyFrenchFilmFestival. Available from 19 January to 19 February, the festival has been organised into six thematic sections with features and shorts offering a wide range of material. A mixture of new works playing alongside classic films such as Man Bites Dog and […]
Movie Review – A Woman’s Life (2016)
A Woman’s Life, 2016. Directed by Stéphane Brizé. Starring Judith Chelma, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau, Swann Arlaud, and Nina Meurisse. SYNOPSIS: A young woman sets out on the path to adulthood and gradually experiences the harsh realities of a woman’s life in the mid 19th-century. Life is never as good or as bad as one thinks, wrote Guy de Maupassant […]
Movie Review – Europe at Sea (2017)
Europe at Sea, 2017. Written and Directed by Annalisa Piras. SYNOPSIS: A documentary film following the head of EU Foreign and Security Policy Fedierica Mogherini as she puts together the new EU Global Strategy, an initiative focusing on universal problems and tackling wide-ranging concerns in an unprecedented year of political discord. Europe at Sea, an hour-long documentary film covering […]
Blu-ray Review – Zoology (2016)
Zoology, 2016. Written and Directed by Ivan I. Tverdovsky. Starring Natalya Pavlenkova, Dmitriy Groshev, Irina Chipizhenko, Masha Tokareva, and Zhanetta Demikhova. SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged zoo worker still living at home with her mother begins to see her life turn around when an unexpected physical transformation starts to take shape. Writer director Tverdovsky’s second film (following 2014’s Corrections Class) is […]
Blu-ray Review – The Voice of the Moon (1990)
The Voice of the Moon (La Voce Della Luna, 1990) Directed by Federico Fellini Starring Roberto Benigni, Paolo Villaggio, Nadia Ottaviani, Marisa Tomasi, Angelo Orlando, Syusy Blady SYNOPSIS: A recently released patient from a mental hospital has a series of fantastic adventures amidst a surreal landscape while trying to win the affections of his love. […]
Blu-ray Review – J.D.’s Revenge (1976)
J.D.’s Revenge, 1976. Directed by Arthur Marks. Starring Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr, Joan Pringle, David McKnight, Carl W. Crudup, Julian Christopher, and Fred Pinkard. SYNOPSIS : A young man’s life changes dramatically after taking part in a nightclub hypnosis act while out on the town with friends. He becomes possessed with the spirit of […]
Blu-ray Review – Le Plaisir (1952)
Le Plaisir, 1952. Directed by Max Ophüls. Starring Jean Gabin, Claude Dauphin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon, and Pierre Brasseur. SYNOPSIS: An anthology film consisting of three separate stories examining a single theme: pleasure. In this elegantly crafted piece, Max Ophüls draws inspiration from France’s best known short story writer Guy de Maupassant to concoct a wistfully philosophical examination of […]
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