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BLOG: ‘Allo ‘Allo: the film club watches Overlord…

20th October 2020 by Sarah Cartland

Sorry but if you set a WW2 film in a French village or town, Brits of a certain age will see every blond Nazi officer as Herr Flick. Naming the film’s hero Boyce also means that unfortunately many of us will immediately think BOYCIE! (hehehehehehehe). Which is a shame as Boyce is a topnotch hero:… BLOG: ‘Allo ‘Allo: the film club watches Overlord… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Featured 3 Tagged With: american soldiers, france, horror, nazis, overlord, ww2, zombies

Portrait of a Lady on Fire 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

1st March 2020 by Tracey Sinclair Leave a Comment

A love story set in the 18th century about Marianne, a painter, and the aristocratic Heloïse, whose pre-wedding portrait she has been commissioned to paint. Heloïse, unwilling to marry, has consistently refused to sit – so Marianne paints her secretly, having been introduced as a hired companion. Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a… Portrait of a Lady on Fire Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: art, brittany, france, lesbian cinema, lesbian relationships, love, painting

The King 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

16th November 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Henry V’s Chief Justice, William Gascoigne (Sean Harris), puts the realities of kingship best to the young English monarch: “Promise must be fulfilled. Promise must never be an end in itself.” He’s not showing much promise when we first see Prince Hal; his father Henry IV is still on the throne, and Hal is a… The King Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: agincourt, dauphin, england, france, h`arfleur, henry v

The Hustle 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

26th May 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Did I feel some affinity with Josephine and Penny’s conned victims after watching The Hustle? Partly. Though it’s not like I wasn’t warned, with a wave of terrible reviews out ahead of my own cinema visit. The Hustle is a bad film but a great con, where you know you’re being scammed every step of… The Hustle Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: con, con artist, france

Redoubtable 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

31st August 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

I wouldn’t exactly say that Redoubtable is set to the backdrop of the 1968 Paris unrest. The revolutionary fervour that swept the city in May that year is used more as a prop for Jean-Luc Godard in particular scenes, and like the director himself the film pops in and out of marches, stone throwing and… Redoubtable Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1968, Anne Wiazemsky, filmmaking, france, french new wave, jean-luc godard, marriage, paris

Deciphering The Making Of Short Film The Code With Director Patrick Ryder

18th July 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Award-winning director Patrick Ryder’s latest short film is The Code, a World War 2 drama set in the forests of France shortly before the events of Dunkirk. It follows brothers Will (Kevin Leslie) and Eddie (Jacob Anderton) and their friend Tommy (Robert Dukes), separated from the rest of their regiment and desperate to get to… Deciphering The Making Of Short Film The Code With Director Patrick Ryder Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: france, second world war, soldiers, spies, wartime, ww2

A Woman’s Life 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

10th January 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

“What good are the flowers if the fruit does not ripen?” asks Jeanne (Judith Chemla) to herself early on, little knowing that this will pretty much sum up her own existence, 30 years hence. A life not even half-lived, yet alone well-lived. This film from director Stéphane Brizé, based on Guy de Maupassant’s late 19th century… A Woman’s Life Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews Tagged With: 19th century, france, marriage, Normandy, Stéphane Brizé, women

Faces Places (New York Film Festival 2017) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

2nd October 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship. Charming, eye-opening, and consistently hilarious, this photographic road trip through a series of French villages by two new friends, the 88 year old director Agnès Varda and 33 year old JR, a hipster artist known for his enormous photographs pasted… Faces Places (New York Film Festival 2017) Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Film Reviews, New York Film Festival Tagged With: agnes varda film, faces places review, france, french countryside, jean-luc godard, jr, photography, visages villages, visages villages review

Dunkirk 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

28th July 2017 by Sarah Cartland 2 Comments

If there’s one thing war films have taught me it’s that conflicts are long periods of quiet boredom interspersed with flashes of horrific fighting, injuries and death. Dunkirk isn’t boring but it is a film that feels remarkably quiet, which is odd as though there is little dialogue there is music everywhere, along with screeching bombs… Dunkirk Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: churchill, dunkirk, dunkirk evacuation, flotilla, france, little boats, spitfires, world war two, ww2

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Latest Reviews

The ending of The Father

The Father 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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Caring capitalism: the I Care A Lot ending explained

I Care A Lot 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Witch watch: The Reckoning ending explained

The Reckoning 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

The wonder of Willy’s Wonderland

Willy’s Wonderland 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

The News Of The World, trying to get a nation to talk to itself

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Saint Maud: sex and death and God and souls

Saint Maud 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Unearthing The Dig

The Dig 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

BLOG: the film club watches Norway’s The Wave, but is it yay or no way? 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Pieces Of A Woman: the final bit of the jigsaw

Pieces Of A Woman 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

BLOG: Scorchio! The film club watches Skyfire 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

The Blithe Spirit remake and the ghosts of movies past

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