HuffPost Review: Potiche
Based on a boulevard comedy that was a stage hit in Paris in the 1970s, Francois Ozon's Potiche is a curiosity that is neither funny nor striking enough to live up to its ambitions.
Based on a boulevard comedy that was a stage hit in Paris in the 1970s, Francois Ozon's Potiche is a curiosity that is neither funny nor striking enough to live up to its ambitions.
Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011
Currently unspooling at New York's Film Society and the IFC Center, "Rendez-vous with French Cinema" offers two not-to-be-missed samples of popular French cinema.
Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011
Am I still annoyed by being cut off from 127 Hours when I was just five people from the front of the line? Or am I just rather brilliantly managing to avoid all the best films at Toronto?
Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011
Gonna warn you up front: The two films covered in this week's episode are so different that you might get the bends when we transition from one to ano...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011
Hideaway (Le Refuge) is a bitter little tale of life and loss, with the latter coloring the former. You will either buy into this film or find yourself irritated and impatient.
Posted 05.25.2011
Buzz generated from Venice so far has spoken of diverse genres, stellar casting, and potential breakout films for locally acclaimed filmmakers like Fr...
Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011
Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall was packed for the opening night of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema.
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011