Tag: Hippolyte Girardot
Mama Weed | Review
Selective Affinities: High-Fives for Huppert & Hannelore Cayre in Vivacious French Neo-noir
Often described as cold, icy, impassive, and inscrutable, the performances of Isabelle Huppert,...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #26. La Daronne – Jean-Paul Salomé
La Daronne
Director Jean-Paul Salomé’s international reputation should expand significantly with his eighth feature, La Daronne aka Mama Weed, adapted from a celebrated novel by...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #45. La Daronne – Jean-Paul Salomé
La Daronne
Director Jean-Paul Salomé nets Isabelle Huppert for his eighth feature, La daronne, which is based on a novel by popular crime writer Hannelore...
Ismael’s Ghosts (Director’s Cut) | Review
Call Me, Ismael: Desplechin Presents Jumbled Portrait of the Artist as a Dulled Man
Perhaps not since the quill of Charles Dickens, wherein iconic Ebenezer...
Life of Riley | Review
Time to Leave: Alain Resnais’ Elegant Swan Song
Alain Resnais, that reluctant member of the French New Wave, passed away in March of 2014, not...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #122. Alain Resnais’ Life of Riley
The Life of Riley
Director: Alain Resnais
Writers: Alain Resnais, Jean-Marie Bessett, Laurent Herbiet, Caroline Silhol
Producer: Jean-Louis Livi
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Sandrine Kilberlain, Sabine Azema, Andre...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #43. Pascale Ferran’s Bird People
Bird People
Director: Pascale Ferran
Writer(s): Ferran and Guillaume Bréaud
Producer(s): Archipel 35's Denis Freyd
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Radha Mitchell, Josh Charles, Clark Johnson, Anaïs Demoustier, Roschdy...
