Once set to star the lovely Léa Seydoux, Audrey Diwan’s Emmanuelle is seeing a bit of a casting shake-up asDiwan is no longer moving forward with Seydoux as the lead and has now brought in Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Paris, 13th District) to star in the title role of new adaptation […]
Movie Review – Baby Ruby (2023)
Baby Ruby, 2023. Written and Directed by Bess Wohl. Starring Noémie Merlant, Kit Harington, Meredith Hagner, Jayne Atkinson, Reed Birney, Lauren Beveridge, Camila Canó-Flaviá, Amber Janea, Emerald Rose Sullivan, and Erin Wilhelmi. SYNOPSIS: After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts to unravel. As increasingly sinister happenings mount, […]
Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington find parenting a nightmare in Baby Ruby trailer
Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing have released a poster and trailer for writer-director Bess Wohl’s psychological horror-thriller Baby Ruby. The film follows couple Jo and Spencer (Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington) as they await the arrival of their first child, but following her birth, Jo, a successful lifestyle entrepreneur, finds her world beginning to unravel. […]
Movie Review – Tár (2022)
Tár, 2022. Written and Directed by Todd Field. Starring Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Mark Strong, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, Sophie Kauer. SYNOPSIS: Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a […]
Movie Review – TÁR (2022)
TÁR, 2022. Written and Directed by Todd Field. Starring Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Mark Strong, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, Sophie Kauer, Sylvia Flote, Vincent Riotta, Sam Douglas, Lucie Pohl, Vivian Full, Lee Sellars, Ed White, Jessica Hansen, Diana Birenytė, Dorothea Plans Casal, Fabian Dirr, Jan Wolf, Peter Hering, Artjom Gilz, Marie-Lou Sellem, Marie-Anne […]
Cate Blanchett is Lydia Tár in trailer for Todd Field’s TÁR
Ahead of its world premiere this September at the 79th Venice Film Festival, Focus Features has released a poster and trailer for TÁR, the psychological drama from writer-director Todd Field and starring Cate Blanchett. From producer-writer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the iconic musician Lydia Tár. TÁR examines the changing nature of […]
Movie Review – Paris, 13th District (2021)
Paris, 13th District, 2021. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Noémie Merlant, Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth and Camille Léon-Fucien. SYNOPSIS: A selection of young people navigate sex and relationships in Paris. Is there anything more French than a multi-stranded, monochrome drama about young Parisians having sex with each other? That’s what Jacques Audiard has […]
Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District gets a new trailer
IFC Films has shared a US trailer for Paris, 13th District, the latest film from award-winning French filmmaker Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet) and featuring a cast that includes Noemie Merlant, Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba and Savages lead singer Jehnny Beth. Watch the trailer here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Paris, […]
Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Paris, 13th District
Paris, 13th District, 2021. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Noémie Merlant, Makita Samba, Lucie Zhang, Jehnny Beth, Geneviève Doang, Pol White, Line Phé, Annabelle Milot, Lumina Wang, Camille Léon-Fucien, Stephen Manas, Rong-Ying Yang, Raphaelle Doyle, Oceane Cairaty, and Anaïde Rozam. SYNOPSIS: Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three […]
A girl falls in love with an amusement park ride in trailer for Jumbo
A UK poster and trailer have been released for Belgian writer-director Zoe Wittock’s acclaimed indie fantasy drama Jumbo which stars Noemie Merlant as a shy amusement park cleaner that develops a strange romantic relationship with the park’s new flagship attraction; watch it here… Jeanne, a shy young woman, lives at home with her uninhibited bartender […]