‘One Deadly Summer’ and the Boundaries of Desire and Mania
There's almost never a moment in One Deadly Summer that doesn't recall a crushing nostalgia, using tone and texture to evince a sort of empathetic longing.
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‘The Bonjour Effect’ Bids Au Revoir to French Language and Mores
The Bonjour Effect is too closely tailored to North American sensitivities to properly connect with French conversation culture.
Parochial Hierarchy in Walerian Borowczyk’s ‘Goto, Isle of Love’
Shot in lustrous black and white, Borowczyk’s film straddles an impossible line between grim drama and ramshackle fantasy.
Justice: Woman
Justice's third album finally finds them picking a solid theme, but it doesn't conjure as much magic as expected.
Mr. Oizo: All Wet
Collaboration ends up as both vice and virtue on Mr. Oizo's sixth album, rendering one half of the album a lot of fun.
Art Decadence in ‘L’inhumaine’
Smart, sharp and fashionably ahead of its time, L’inhumaine hangs in an aesthetic balance between the cerebral pretensions of a popular literary novel and the continental-chic of a glamour magazine.
Haneke’s ‘Code Unknown’ Manages Impact and Accessibility
Thematically and visually cohesive, Code Unknown displays Michael Haneke's talent as a filmmaker without alienating viewers hesitant to explore his darker films.
The Struggling Economies of ‘Two Days, One Night’
With a clear respect for the struggle of its characters, Two Days, One Night crafts a story that reveals the strife inherent in the economic system.
Laetitia Sadier: Something Shines
The Stereolab songstress brings us an album of familiar themes that pushes her latest chapter into deeper territory and works to correct the missteps of 2012’s Silencio.
Arab Soul Rebels: Punk Among the Beurs of ’80s France
French-Arab band Carte de Séjour made pop music history with their rousing blend of punk and raï in the early '80s. To date there are no successors in sight.