Borsalino
Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).
Tag: French
The Last Romantic Lover Blu-ray
Emmanuelle director Just Jaeckin’s misunderstood screwball comedy The Last Romantic Lover gets a much deserved Blu-ray release. Phil Bailey reviews.
The Last Romantic Lover Blu-ray
Emmanuelle director Just Jaeckin’s misunderstood screwball comedy The Last Romantic Lover gets a much deserved Blu-ray release. Phil Bailey reviews.
Les Notres (Our Own)
Teen pregnancy and small town politics nearly tear a family apart.
Minuscule – Mandibles from Far Away
Animated bugs journey across the Atlantic to save a pristine beach.
Sweet Crude
Critters. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
In Search of the Ultra Sex
Carl F Gauze relives the Cinemax late night adult era with this French sci-fi parody that mixes hardcore VHS adult material with an MST3K-flavored mix of bad Euro-scifi.
Renoir
A view into the last few year of French Impressionist Auguste Renoir’s life. Carl F Gauze is beguiled by its stillness.
The Penelope[s]
Priceless Concrete Echoes (Citizen). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Serge Gainsbourg
Histoire de Melody Nelson (Light In The Attic Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Roman de Gare
Halfway through watching this stylish and engrossing French murder mystery, Carl F Gauze begin to suspect it was HE who was the killer after all.
Feu Therese
Ca Va Cogner (Constellation). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Valet
A French Chick Flick with a stellar cast. Oui, oui says man’s man Carl F Gauze!
Cerrone
Cerrone by Bob Sinclair (Recall Records). Review by Heather Lorusso.
The Science of Sleep
In Michel Gondry’s new film, a young man lives in a dream world as he pursues his artistic neighbor. Good date movie, sayeth Carl F Gauze , before collapsing back into existential ennui.
Chevreuil
Chateauvallon (Sick Room). Review by Aaron Shaul.
CocoRosie
Noah’s Ark (Touch & Go). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Angelique Kidjo
Oyaya! (Columbia Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Fly Pan Am
N’ecoutez pas (Constellation). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Housekeeper
A middle-aged man whose wife has left him hires a young woman to clean his house as he puts his life back in order. Joe Frietze smashes through the cliché to tell you how The Housekeeper is different. And maybe not so different.
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