Music Box Films offers an elegant if not somewhat sparse blu-ray package with the period drama, Maison Close.
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DVD Review: Purple Noon – The Criterion Collection
The real Talented Mr. Ripley.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Le Havre – The Criterion Collection
Le Havre — and Le Havre not. Ha.
Read More »Interview with Nicole Weaver, Author of My Sister Is My Best Friend
"I got inspired to write My Sister is My Best Friend after I met my half sister for the first time in 2008," says Weaver.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: A Trip to the Moon (1902)
A truly magnificent Voyage dans la Lune.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: The Moon in the Gutter
More fartsy than artsy -- but marred by a bad transfer either way.
Read More »DVD Review: Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi, 2010)
Not bad, but it's certainly not great, either.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
This attempt at restaging the classic revue is torpedoed by technical problems, miscasting and an unnecessary backstory.
Read More »Graphic Novel Review: Little Nothings: My Shadow in the Distance by Lewis Trondheim
The French cartoonist returns with another enjoyable set of one-page funny animal autobio.
Read More »DVD Review: Arthur And The Invisibles 2 & 3 – The New Minimoy Adventures
Normally, I’m one to defend French Cinema — but French Family Cinema is another story altogether.
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