Reviews of (mostly) less well known "indie" films

Tag Archives: Jeanne Balibar

I’m liking these French films about intellectuals, writers, artists. The very idea that they exist somehow pleases me. Maybe it’s got something to do with Frenchness itself; they seem to value the life of the mind more than we do. There’s something endearing about the bombastic pretension they bask intellectual life in; i find how [...]


There was a little scene near the beginning of this film which “got me” – one of those micro-moments that mean everything: Gabriel (Mathieu Amalric) is getting irritated by ex-girlfriend Jenny (Jeanne Balibar); she gives him a look of long familiarity; nothing needs to be said. They said it all already many times; his irritation [...]



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