DRIVING MADELEINE Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Christian Clarion Stars: Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz, Jeremie Leheurte. It would be easy to dismiss this charming crowd-pleasing little film as a Gallic variation of the Oscar winning Driving Miss Daisy, but this French drama, which screened during the recent Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, is… continue reading »
HAPPY 50
Reviewed by GREG KING Happy 50 Director: Eric Lavaine Stars: Lambert Wilson, Guillaume de Tonquedec, Franck Dubosc, Lionel Abelanski, Jerome Cammandeur, Lysiane Meis, Caroline Angalade, Valerie Crouzet, Sophie Duez, Alice Llenas. Director Eric Lavaine reunites most of the cast of his 2014 ensemble comedy Barbecue and brings them back to reprise their characters for this… continue reading »
NOVEMBER
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Cedric Jimenez Stars: Jean Dujardin, Anais Demoustier, Sandrine Kiberlain, Lyna Khoudri, Saraj Afcahin, Jeremie Renier. A mix of fact and fiction this tense drama is set against the backdrop of the series of coordinated terrorist attacks that shook Paris in November 2015. 130 people were killed and over 400 injured… continue reading »
MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF
MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Leon Prudovsky Stars: David Hayman, Udo Kier, Olivia Silhavy, Kineret Peled. One of the hits of the 2022 Jewish International Film Festival was this quirky dramedy about a Holocaust survivor who comes to believe that his new next door neighbour is actually Adolf Hitler living incognito. Somewhere… continue reading »
MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH
MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Charlotte Sieling Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Morten Hee Andersen, Soren Malling, Jakob Ofteboro, Paul Blackthorne, Bjorn Floberg, Magnus Krepper. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Inspired by actual events this epic historical drama from Denmark set in the early 1400s is a drama of… continue reading »
KOMPROMAT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Jerome Salle Stars: Gilles Lelouche, Joanna Kulig, Aleksey Gorbunov, Elisa Lasowski, Olivia Malahieude, Daniil Vorobyov, Mikhail Goreyov, Igor Jijiine, Louis-Do de Lencquesai. This tense French produced chase thriller provides a grim and sobering glimpse into the oppressive nature of Russia under Putin. Kompromat is a Russian word for compromising material… continue reading »
