August 8, 2013

La Vie domestique (2013) **

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A day in the lives of suburban housewives in France.

Puppylove (2013) ***

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Quai d'Orsay (2013) **

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Inspired by Dominique de Villepin's tenure as the Foreign Affairs Minister of France, it's a comic behind-the-scenes look at diploma...

Paulette (2013) **

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"Tatie Danielle" meets "Weeds".

Alceste a bicyclette (2013) **

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French film starring Fabrice Luchini.

La Religieuse (2013) ***

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Cyanure (2013) ***

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Violette (2013) ***

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La Vénus à la fourrure (2013) ***

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Suzanne (2013) ***

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Renoir (2013) ***

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Jeune et jolie (2013) ***

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Les Interdits (2013) ***

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L'Inconnu du lac (2013) ***

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Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table (2013) ***

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Elle s'en va (2013) ***

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L'Ecume des jours (2013) ***

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Casse-tete chinois (2013) ***

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L'Amour est un crime parfait (2013) ***

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Jappeloup l'étoffe d'un champion (2013) *

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Boring film about horse racing.

Avant l'hiver (2013) **

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French drama starring Kristin Scott Thomas as a wife suspecting her husband (Daniel Auteuil) of infidelity. An effective twist ending, but o...

9 mois ferme (2013) *

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Ridiculous French comedy about a judge knocked up by a petty thief accused of murder and cannibalism.

Michael Kohlhaas (2013) **

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Les Beaux jours (2013) **

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Au bout du conte (2013) *

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Boring romantic comedy inspired by Cinderella and other fairy tales.

Jimmy P. (Psychothérapie d’un indien des plaines) (2013) **

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Interesting film about a relationship between a French antropologist and psychiatrist and his Native American patient.
July 7, 2013

Puerto Padre (2013) **

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Realistic drama from Costa Rica.

Finsterworld (2013) **

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Wacky German film about foot fetishism, Holocaust, documentary filmmaking and just plain garden-variety craziness.

Full Of Hunger (2013) **

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Turkish drama about protesters, terrorists and murderers.

Brasserie Romantique (2013) *

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Belgian soap opera set in a chic restaurant on Valentine's Day.

The Square (2013) *

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Documentary about the Arab Spring in Egypt between 2011 and 2013. Interviews with some youth from Tahir Square, but little sense of what was...

82 Days In April (2013) *

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Grieving parents, whose son has died, make the same trip as he did. Boring Belgian film set in Turkey.

Nordstrand (2013) *

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German drama about two brothers whose mother went to prison for killing their abusive father.

Viaggio sola (2013) *

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Italian drama about a lonely woman working as a "mystery guest" at five-star hotels.

The Broken Circle Breakdown (2013) *

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Workers (2013) ***

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When Evening Falls On Bucharest Or Metabolism (2013) ***

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Walesa: Czlowiek z nadziei (2013) ***

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Wakolda (2013) ***

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Voyage (2013) ***

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Sweet Whip (2013) ***

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Plynace wiezowce (2013) ***

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Pelo malo (2013) ***

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The Patience Stone (2013) ***

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Omar (2013) ***

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The Notebook (2013) ***

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Moebius (2013) ***

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Intimate Parts (2013) ***

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Ilo Ilo (2013) ***

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Harmony Lessons (2013) ***

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Gloria (2013) ***

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Forest Of The Dancing Spirits (2013) ***

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The Don Juans (2013) ***

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Dance Of Reality (2013) ***

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Chce sie zyc (2013) ***

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Borgman (2013) ***

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Alone With You (2013) ***

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The Summer House (2013) *

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Boring Swedish film about a bunch of young people spending a few days in a country house near a lake.

The Wind Rises (2013) *

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Very disappointing Japanese animated film about a plane designer.

Love Me (2013) **

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A Turkish man falls in love with an Ukrainian woman in Kiev. A coproduction between Ukraine and Turkey.

Woyzeck (2013) *

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Pointless and tedious German film about racial tensions.

The Disciple (2013) **

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The Grandmaster (2013) *

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Boring, tedious and ponderous Yip Man biopic from Wong Kar-Wai.

3x3D (2013) **

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A triptych film directed by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard and some Portuguese dude. The Greenaway segment is a visually beautiful, but ...

Roa (2013) *

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Boring drama from Colombia. Set in 1948, the film seems vaguely inspired by "Taxi Driver", but it's tedious beyond belief.