Film Review: 'Just a Sigh'
A tonally heterogeneous but emotionally coherent dramedy centered around a beautifully modulated turn by Emmanuelle Devos.
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Film Review: 'Stand by Love'
It's going to be a bumpy flight for two ex-lovers who are accidentally seated next to each other on a plane in "Stand by Love," Alexandre Castagnetti's glossy, cliched French romantic comedy adapted…
Film Review: 'Kirikou and the Men and Women'
A broad-minded but pretty vanilla third film in the French toon series from Gallic helmer Michel Ocelot
Film Review: 'So Much Water'
A divorced Uruguayan father takes his two kids on a rain-sodden vacation in "So Much Water," a well-observed first feature from distaff helming duo Ana Guevara Pose and Leticia Jorge Romero. This…
Film Review: 'Mobius'
While not quite a "Notorious" F.L.O.P., French spy thriller and Hitchcock wannabe "Mobius" struggles to suggest why its central pair of lovers would want to be together beyond physical compatibility…
Film Review: 'Sugar Kisses'
The purity of a boy's puppy love acts as a shield against the harsh reality of plebeian Mexico City in "Sugar Kisses," the sophomore directorial feature of Carlos Cuaron (who co-penned the…
Film Review: 'Inertia'
A chance encounter in a hospital reduces a Mexican woman to the de facto nurse of her increasingly erratic ex-b.f. in "Inertia," an impressive debut feature from Isabel Munoz Cota Callejas. Though…
Film Review: 'Workers'
Two elderly divorcees slave away for next to nothing in "Workers," the first fiction feature of Mexican-Salvadorian helmer Jose Luis Valle Gonzalez ("The Pope's Miracle"). Beautifully composed and…
Film Review: 'Under the Rainbow'
A dashing young man loses his shoe as the clock strikes midnight in "Under the Rainbow," the latest loquacious, entirely Gallic confection of star-writer-helmer Agnes Jaoui and thesp-scribe…
Film Review: 'The Cold Lands'
After the sudden death of his mother, a taciturn boy heads for the hills in "The Cold Lands," the sophomore feature of director Tom Gilroy ("Spring Forward"). The film is essentially composed of an…
