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Kings & Queen (2004)

Putting faith in Desplechin to deliver the goods (Ma Vie Sexuelle was great) and by all accounts this is gonna be meaty. Even tho Emmanuelle Devos is probably going to ingratiate herself on my nerves (as she did in Ma Vie) And we have Matheieu – racoon eyes – Almaric again (this is the 4th [...]

Alice et Martin (1998)

Forgot i had this on video, and was in 2 minds whether to watch it or bin it. Should probably have binned it and saved myself a couple of hours of life. It’s not that it’s bad, or even awful – merely dull, in that dull dramatic drama way where too much “story” is being [...]

Ma Vie Sexuelle (1997)

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 [...]

Late August, Early September (1998)

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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Kings & Queen (2004)

Alice et Martin (1998)

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Late August, Early September (1998)

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