Rendez-Vous With French Cinema Archives - Hammer to Nail

RED ISLAND Trailer: Robin Campillo’s Coming-of-Age Tale Explores an Expat Family in 1970s Madagascar

M.J. O'Toole — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:58:56 +0000

Following up his Cannes Film Festival-winning sensation BPM (Beats Per Minute), which showcased AIDS activism in 1990s France, writer-director Robin Campillo is back with an intimate new drama. Red Island, based on the director’s childhood, is a coming-of-age story that […]

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ON THE ADAMANT

M.J. O'Toole — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:34:22 +0000

(Rendez-vous with French Cinema takes place at Film at Lincoln Center through Sunday, March 10. M.J. O’Toole has this movie review of On The Adamant which plays on Friday, March 8. It will be released in U.S. theaters on March […]

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ON THE ADAMANT Trailer: Nicolas Philibert’s Golden Bear Winning Documentary Examines the Power of Art & Humanity

M.J. O'Toole — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:03:07 +0000

The documentary that took home the Golden Bear at last year’s Berlin Film Festival is finally coming to North American theaters. Nicolas Philibert’s On The Adamant explores life in a Parisian mental health facility along the Seine River. The Adamant […]

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THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH Trailer: César Winner for Best Film Will Haunt & Thrill You

M.J. O'Toole — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:32:21 +0000

Dominik Moll’s police procedural mystery thriller The Night of the 12th beat out the likes of Louis Garrel’s The Innocent and Albert Serra’s Pacifiction to win this year’s César (France’s Academy Awards) for Best Film. It also picked up five […]

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HOLD ME TIGHT

Matt Delman — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:27:20 +0000

(Rendez-Vous with French Cinema takes place at Film at Lincoln Center from March 3 – 13. Matt Delman has this movie review of Hold Me Tight, which will screen March 6 and March 13 at the Walter Reade Theater) Mathieu Amalric is […]

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PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 18:45:15 +0000

(Rendez-Vous with French Cinema takes place at Film at Lincoln Center from March 3 – 13. M.J. O’Toole has this movie review of Paris, 13th District which plays on March 4 and 7. It will be released in theaters on […]

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GABY BABY DOLL

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:46:36 +0000

Sophie Letourneur’s latest is a charming French mumblecore with hints of Hong Sang-soo

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A Spectacular Weekend of Movie Watching In Actual Theaters – Thursday March 5th Through Sunday March 8th

Michael Tully — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:09:54 +0000

First off, let me just say that this post isn’t being written as a taunt to non-New Yorkers. But when a weekend like this arrives, it mustn’t just be recognized, it must be hoorayed! For those of you who won’t […]

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