Film Dictionary

A unique film. Beautiful and poetic, but also extremely sad.

Impressive film. It starts slow, but stick with it, because it becomes very good very quickly in the second half.

Incredibly dynamic, constantly surprising roller-coaster of a movie, starring Timothée Chalamet in one of the greatest performances of his c...

Excellent film from Taiwan. Sean Baker edited it and co-wrote the script.

Superlative horror movie about missing children. An intricate narrative structure, memorable characters and daring shifts in tone.

Very daring comedy of manners about a middle-age couple trying to spice up their sex life.

Amanda Seyfried gives the best performance of her career in this amazing musical drama about a remarkable woman who founded the Shakers. Sup...

Superb documentary about Naples and Pompei.

Mesmerizing, haunting and poetic.

Interesting Norwegian film about a film director and his two daughters.

Brilliant picture about the filming of Jean-Luc Godard's "A bout de souffle" in 1959.

A 6-year old Palestinian girl is trapped in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza.

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...