Tag: Jean-Pierre Darroussin
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Christian Petzold’s tantalizing new film does not always work, but is still unmissable
Joyce Glasser reviews Transit (August 16, 2019), Cert. 12A, 101 min. Christian Petzold’s intriguing, if perhaps overly ambitious new film Transit begins as a nail-biting, fast-paced, political thriller and ends […]
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A father’s illness reunites late middle-aged siblings forced to re-evaluate their needs and desires
Joyce Glasser reviews The House by the Sea (La villa) (January 11, 2019), Cert. 12A, 107 min. The prolific French producer, writer and director Robert Guédiguian, the son of a Marseille dockworker, […]
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A beautiful adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s novel
Joyce Glasser reviews A Woman’s Life (January 12, 2018) Cert 12A), 115 min. Like Stephane Brizé’s, Mademoiselle Chambon and 2015’s The Measure of a Man, A Woman’s Life is a well-acted […]
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If not Kaurismäki’s best, it’s a heart-felt, engrossing take on refugee relations
Joyce Glasser reviews The Other Side of Hope (Toivon tuolla puolen) (May 26, 2017), Cert. 12, 98 min. When most people think of Finland, they think of picturesque fjords, a […]