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Colette (London Film Festival) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

15th October 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

I am the real Claudine, the young women of Paris all cry, as Colette’s series of novels about a young French woman hit a nerve. Born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (she shortens her name later as she starts to create a new identity for herself as the author of her books), she is a woman ahead of… Colette (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: paris, women, writer

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

The Take 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

25th July 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

A young pickpocket and an unruly CIA agent team up on an anti-terrorist mission in France. “Are you in love?… Are you writing a novel?… THEN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN PARIS?” CIA man Sean Briar (Idris Elba) subverts the cliches as he interrogates accidental terrorist Michael Mason (Richard Madden). Briar is described as “reckless,… The Take Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: bastille day, notre dame, paris, terrorism, the take

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