JUMBO (2020) Starring Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Bastien Bouillon, Sam Louwyck, Tracy Dossou, Jonathan Bartholmé, Eduard Nemcsenko, Noah Daccrissio, Idao Daccrissio, Stephen Rohde, Chris Caligo, Jimmy Raphaël and Barbara Hellemans. Screenplay by Zoé Wittock. Directed by Zoé Wittock. Distributed by Dark Star Pictures. 93 minutes. Not Rated. Screened from the 2020 Philadelphia Film Festival. Jeanne, … Continue reading
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Deerskin (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
DEERSKIN (LE DAIM) (2019) Starring Jean Dujardin, Adele Haenel, Albert Delpy, Pierre Gomme, Laurent Nicolas, Coralie Russier, Marie Bunel, Caroline Piette, Stéphane Jobert, Géraldine Schitter, Panayotis Pascot, Youssef Hajdi, Simon Thomas, Tom Hudson, Maryne Cayon, Thomas Blanchard, Rio Vega, Maxim Driesen, Jérôme Menard, David Sztanke and Julia Faure. Screenplay by Quentin Dupieux. Directed by Quentin … Continue reading
Claire’s Camera (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CLAIRE’S CAMERA (2017) Starring Isabelle Huppert, Kim Minhee, Chang Mihee, Jung Jinyoung, Yoon Heesun, Lee Wanmin, Kang Taeu, Mark Peranson and Shahira Fahmy. Screenplay by Hong Sangsoo. Directed by Hong Sangsoo. Distributed by Cinema Guild. 69 minutes. Not Rated. Claire’s Camera is a Korean film made in France. Not much really happens, mostly just three … Continue reading
Tami Stronach – The Childlike Empress Has Grown Up But is Still Neverending
Tami Stronach The Childlike Empress Has Grown Up But is Still Neverending by Bonnie Paul I was 11 years old when The Neverending Story premiered in theaters in 1984. I remember, vividly, that as soon as I returned from the theater, our family pulled out paper and started writing and illustrating our own neverending stories. … Continue reading
Moka (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
MOKA (2016) Starring Emmanuelle Devos, Nathalie Baye, David Clavel, Diane Rouxel, Olivier Chantreau, Samuel Labarthe, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Marion Reymond, Paulin Jaccoud, Sakir Uyar and Ophélie Koering. Screenplay by Frédéric Mermoud and Antonin Martin-Hilbert. Directed by Frédéric Mermoud. Distributed by Film Movement. 90 minutes. Not Rated. The basic storyline of the slow-burning French film Moka makes … Continue reading
Elle (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
ELLE (2016) Starring Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Jonas Bloquet, Virginie Efira, Christian Berkel and Judith Magre. Screenplay by David Birke. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 131 minutes. Rated R. A couple of decades ago it looked like Dutch director Paul Verhoeven was going to be one of … Continue reading
Jean Reno – The French Acting Legend Pursues Justice In The Promise and The Last Face, Travels Through Time In The Visitors 3 and Talks How He’d Love To Be A Star Wars Jedi Knight
Jean Reno The French Acting Legend Pursues Justice In The Promise and The Last Face, Travels Through Time In The Visitors 3 and Talks How He’d Love To Be A Star Wars Jedi Knight by Arlene R. Weiss French actor Jean Reno is best known for his iconic role of Leone “Leon” Montana in Director Luc Besson’s hit cult classic film, 1994’s Leon: … Continue reading
Breathe (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BREATHE (RESPIRE) (2014) Starring Joséphine Japy, Lou De Laâge, Isabelle Carré, Claire Keim, Rasha Bukvic, Roxane Duran, Thomas Solivéres, Camille Claris, Louka Meliava, Louise Grinberg, Fanny Sidney, Anne Marivin, Marie Denarnaud, Carole Franck and Alejandro Albarracín. Screenplay by Mélanie Laurent and Julien Lambroschini. Directed by Mélanie Laurent. Distributed by Film Movement. 91 minutes. Not Rated. … Continue reading
Hippocrates – Diary of a French Doctor (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
HIPPOCRATES – DIARY OF A FRENCH DOCTOR (2014) Starring Vincent Lacoste, Reda Kateb, Jacques Gamblin, Marianne Denicourt, Felix Moati, Carole Franck, Philippe Rebbot, Julie Brochen, Jeanne Cellard and Thierry Levaret. Screenplay by Thomas Lilti, Baya Kasmi, Julien Lilti and Pierre Chosson. Directed by Thomas Lilti. Distributed by Distrib Films US. 101 minutes. Rated R. Hospitals … Continue reading
House of Voices (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
HOUSE OF VOICES (a.k.a. SAINT ANGE) (2005) Starring Virginie Ledoyen, Lou Doillon, Catriona MacColl, Dorina Lazar, Jeróme Soufflet, Virginie Darmon, Marie Henry, Eric Pratt and Christophe Lemaire. Screenplay by Pascal Laugier. Directed by Pascal Laugier. Distributed by Rogue Pictures. 100 minutes. Rated R. Released in France as Saint Ange in 2004 and then slipped straight into the … Continue reading