The Pink Panther 2

Steve Martin returns as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, but no Beyoncé in sight. Smart girl.

"...guy falling down stairs and speaking in a ridiculous French accent before the gag runs dry, and Peter Sellers..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Man on Wire

In a guerrilla act, French wirew-alker Philippe Petit crossed the space between the World Trade Center towers in 1974. His daring and artistry continue to amaze and inspire, as demonstrated in this documentary.

"...Man on Wire, Marsh's exhilarating documentary on the fearless French wire-walker's rapturous edifice complex (he'd previously walked in the..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Julian Schnabel's unorthodox but true story about a protagonist who is stripped of all self-movement and expression is equal parts reverie, despair, and social experiment.

"...is. In 1995, at the age of 45, the French writer and editor of Elle magazine (French edition) suffered..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Lady Chatterley

This new French version of the D.H. Lawrence story is tastefully presented but not nearly as scandalous and coarse as the published novel.

"...Hippolyte Girardot, Hélène Alexandridis and Hélène Fillières. This new French version of the D.H. Lawrence story about the upper-class..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Molière

This ragtag biographical portrait plays something like Meet the Parents vs. Shakespeare in Love: A Farce in Three Acts.

"...Mélanie Dos Santos and Gonzague Requillart. In 1644, 22-year-old French playwright/actor Molière up and vanished from the historical record...."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Flyboys

This story of the Lafayette Escadrille squadron, who become the first U.S. fighter pilots, is surprisingly inert.

"...heroics of the Lafayette Escadrille, a subset of the French Air Service in World War I comprised of non-native..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Les Saignantes

This Cameroonian-French science fiction satire with Godardian influences is as fascinating as it is obscure.

"...and Emile Abossolo M'bo. AFS@Dobie Les Saignantes is a Cameroonian-French science fiction satire with Godardian intertitles that is as..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Pink Panther

In this pointless rehash of the 1964 Blake Edwards film that introduced Inspector Clouseau to the world, Steve Martin inhabits the role of the bumbling French detective without a trace of the comic genius of Peter Sellers.

"...in the press materials) the role of the bumbling French detective without a trace of the comic genius of..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Brothers Grimm

Terry Gilliam's skewed fantasy is pure jabberwocky.

"...Jake (Ledger), a couple of con artists traveling through French-occupied Germany during the Napoleonic years. Together with their accomplices,..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Les Choristes

A box-office smash in its native France, this kindly and spirited film doesn’t exactly break the mold of the heartwarming, humanistic boarding-school dramedy.

"...of the heartwarming, humanistic boarding-school dramedy (it plays like French Singing Boys’ Society but is actually a remake of..."

May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Taxi

Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon comedy stalls at the starting gate.

"...this clueless remake of the 1998 Gerard Pires-directed/Luc Besson-produced French action comedy has precious little of either man’s talent..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love Me if You Dare

Love and malice, as only the French can do it.

"...few years to continue their jaw-droppingly cruel game. The French are usually pretty good at this sort of amour..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

La Vie Promise

Isabelle Huppert stars in this French road movie about a selfish streetwalker, her unwanted teenage daughter, and the escaped convict who befriends them both.

"...Greggory, Maud Forget, Fabienne Babe and André Marcon. The French road movie La Vie Promise is languorous to the..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

And Now ... Ladies and Gentlemen

Claude Lelouch’s new movie starring Jeremy Irons is a cat-burgler story set in sunny, faraway locales.

"...in his new racing sloop. The film, mostly in French with subtitles, is full of the sort of oblique,..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Chateau

"...Despite its trite conceit -- adopted brothers inherit a French castle from an uncle they never knew -- The..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Read My Lips

In this startling thriller, a mousy but frustrated office worker and an unrepentant thief pull off a heist that depends in equal measures on quick thinking and creative choreography.

"...Like the implications of its English title, this new French film depends on viewers looking beyond the usual sources..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Wife Is an Actress

"...Noemie Lvosky and Laurent Bateau. In his directing debut, French actor-turned-director Yvan Attal turns the camera on himself. It's..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lady and the Duke

"...locales. Rohmer commissioned a series of oil paintings from French artist Jean-Baptiste Marot to serve in place of traditional..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fat Girl

"...and “provocative” are frequently bandied about when talking about French filmmaker Catherine Breillat, a writer and director who has..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Same Old Song

"...Sadly, the latest film by Alain Resnais, the great French filmmaker responsible for such seminal classics as Hiroshima, Mon..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

"...my high school history courses, but then again medieval French history was never my strong suit. Far more interesting..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lucie Aubrac

"...Object of Desire's Bouquet for this tale of the French Resistance based on the actual wartime heroics of Aubrac,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Toasting Hogmany

The French Buffet

"...was both of these: a gala affair at a French country chateau, complete with cocktail buffet (albeit one like..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Food Feature

Marius and Jeannette

"...may partly explain the element responsible for making this French film such a sleeper hit in its homeland and..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An American Werewolf in Paris

"...the Eiffel Tower on a dare, rescues a suicidal French beauty (Delpy) who's trying the same leap sans rubber..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Contempt

"...by what must be the best performance ever from French sex kitten Bardot. As Camille, the frustrated wife of..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

When the Cat's Away

"...Calm and Romain Duris. The Parisian neighborhood in the French film When the Cat's Away is one of graffitied..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

La Cérémonie

"...Unease starts building from the opening scene, when a French haute-bourgeois mom (Bisset) hires aloof, raw-boned, young Sophie (Bonnaire)..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud

"...on the life of Robert Johnson. But darned if French director-writer Gerard Mordillat hasn't done exactly that. My Life,..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Frankie Starlight

"...sweet celluloid fairy tale. So he cast the ethereal French actress Anne Parillaud as the beautiful French girl named..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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