Film Dictionary

Excellent romantic comedy directed by Celine Song ("Past Lives"). Intelligent, surprising and sophisticated.

Oddball and eccentric, but also touching and deeply felt sort-of-comedy about a famous actor and the regrets of his life.

Based on a true story, an incredible film about a criminal hiding in a Toys R Us.

Ultra slick action-packed heist comedy. Clever, satiric, parodic and completely nuts.

Way better than "Fail Safe" (1964), but nowhere near as good as "Dr Strangelove" (1964). A tense, edge-of-your-seat th...

Excellent musical film about Lightning and Thunder, a Neil Diamond tribute act from Wisconsin.

A strange film. The first half is so over-the-top, it's almost not credible, but stick with it because there is a huge plot twist right ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson gives the greatest performance of his career as UFC champion, Mark Kerr. 

Very original sort-of-comedy about a young woman who refuses to see herself as a victim, despite a very traumatic event affecting her life.

Was William Shakespeare's greatest play, "Hamlet", written as a means of processing his grief over his son’s death ?

A crazed conspiracy theorist (Jesse Plemons) kidnaps a CEO of a pharmaceutical company (Emma Stone) and accuses her of being an alien from O...

There is a growing sense of "deja vu" in this third instatement of the popular sci-fi saga, but the action scenes are still top-no...

The life of Cole Porter, first told in "Night And Day" (1946), got a necessary correction in "De-Lovely" (2004), filli...

Based on a true story, an exciting film about a school bus caught in the middle of a forest fire ravaging a small California town.

A devastating indictment of the Alabama prison system.

Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of the famous horror novel is uneven, but visually stunning. Set direction and cinematography are flawle...

Harrowing documentary about a murder in Florida.

Tense spy thriller. Taut, exciting, precise and moody.

The dinosaurs are awesome, and the actors are great. The scenery is fantastic as well. And yes, it is predictable.

Terrific animated film directed by Maggie Khan and Chris Appelhans. A wild mix of showbiz musical, supernatural horror flick, action film ex...

Complex and ambiguous film about cancel culture and victimhood. Its radical determination to explore every possible shade of grey is definit...

Nice little film directed by Jim Jarmusch. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Impressive psychological drama set in a South Korean town not far from the DMZ.

Set in a maternity home, this Belgian drama tells the stories of five single mothers and their struggles.

A French animated film about a very young child.

Low-key French comedy of manners set in a writers' retreat in England.

An excellent French comedy of manners, about three female friends with differing philosophies about romantic relationships.

French drama about Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen who designed l'Arche de la Défense in Paris.

A dystopian action thriller from France. Fairly conventional, but far superior to similar Hollywood products, because it focuses more on cha...

French animated film directed by Ugo Bienvenu and Gilles Cazaux. A cross between Miyazaki and "E.T.", quite compelling, but not pa...

French drama about a courageous mother and her handicapped son.

Harrowing documentary about trench warfare in the Donbas.

A making off documentary about the filming of Gonzalo García Pelayo's "Cantar desnuda" (2025). Directed by Leandro Zerbatto.

One of a kind erotic musical from Argentina. It's available here .

A very twisted adaptation of "Cinderella", told from the point of view of one of the ugly stepsisters, but otherwise quite faithfu...

Enigmatic German film inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky.

Paolo Sorrentino's drama about an Italian president.

A peculiar road movie, set in Morocco. Winner of the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival.

A fascinating portrait of the Russian society during its conflict with Ukraine. Set in a small town in the Ural Mountains and filmed by an o...

Clearly inspired by "Parasite" (2019), a weird South Korean social satire about a man desperately looking for a job and trying to ...

Xin Zhilei won a Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her excellent performance in this memorable Chinese drama.

Tedious and repetitive anime feature with countless and pointless fight scenes.