Three years after the lifting of the ban on cinemas, the kingdom is launching the first edition of a cinephile meeting at the crossroads between the Arab world and the Indian Ocean. With prestigious guests. Special Envoy in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) The art of the darkroom comes to the shores of the Red Sea. Saudi […]
The Californian actor will play the most famous vampire in Renfield, scheduled for 2022. He will give the reply to Nicholas Hoult. More than thirty years later Kiss me vampire, Nicolas Cage will find a bloodsucker costume in 2022. According to The Hollywood Reporter , he will be showing Renfield, a new film developed by […]
CRITICAL – Yvan Attal transposes the successful novel by Karine Tuil in which a brilliant and privileged young man is accused of rape. He entrusts the role to his son Ben Attal, accompanied by his mother Charlotte Gainsbourg, for a powerful, disturbing and delicate adaptation. To be a man, to sign a film exploring the […]
CRITICAL – Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili signs a first moving film in the form of a portrait of a woman. In an isolated village in Georgia, a priest discusses Abraham’s sacrifice. At the back of this barracks serving as a church, the fixed camera transforms the spectator into an observer. A projector echoes images of […]
CRITICAL – The Spanish director puts a political point on a melodramatic plot already seen. Her favorite actress Penélope Cruz saves the ship. Holy old Pedro. After the vibrating Pain and Glory , he returns to his habits. We see it coming. The landscape is familiar. Two women, a young and a blackberry, give birth […]
Entitled in all sobriety Will, this autobiography evokes the career of the actor, known for his interpretation of the Prince of Bel-Air. Will, Will Smith’s autobiography, contains as many numbers as there are letters. The American actor confesses his obsession with the series Dallas and Monopoly, a game he studied with the pros. His career […]
The 29th edition of the Norman cinematographic meeting dedicated to Russian films ended on November 28. The jury, chaired by Swiss actress Marthe Keller, awarded several films whose common point is darkness. How to cross Russia from West to East and from North to South, sweeping its eleven time zones, discovering the immensity of its […]
CRITICAL – The rise of the two sisters, tennis champions, is traced through the portrait of their neophyte but relentless father. The sports film is for once well served. The paradox dies hard. Sport and cinema may be the two most popular entertainment options in the world, but their meeting rarely sparks at the box […]
CHRONICLE – By adapting Human things by Karine Tuil, Yvan Attal let himself be overwhelmed by the density of the subject. Why make it simple when you can make it complicated? Rape cases are the most complex to deal with – in families as well as in the media and the courts. Based on a […]
CRITICAL – The filmmaker signs a brilliant psychological drama with Benedict Cumberbatch as a cowboy eaten away by a heavy secret. After having probed the feminine soul in all her work (from Sweetie To An angel at my table), Jane Campion sets her sights on the male psyche. Twelve years later Bright Star (2009), without […]