“Me, Myself, and Mum” opens with a literal unmasking. It’s a facemask that Guillaume Gallienne washes off before taking the stage to perform his one-man show about a boy who grew up to wonder whether the person everyone decided he was is the person he really is. As he begins his story of self-discovery, we go with […]
French author Violette Leduc is the subject of Martin Provost’s latest historical biopic. Leduc (Emmanuelle Devos) was trading food on the black market during World War II when writer Maurice Sachs (Olivier Py) first urged her to pick up a pen. Like many, Leduc found a journal the best way to voice her frustrations and […]
While introducing himself, struggling, middle-aged actor Jean Renault (François Damiens) throws in “like the car” in an attempt to avoid the wide eyes of those thinking they’ve just met Jean Reno (of “Léon: The Professional”), but it’s often too late and with this comparison in mind, Renault appears all the more insignificant. That doesn’t stop […]
“Last Train Home” follows a family of Chinese factory workers, documenting both their everyday lives and their struggle to get home again to see their family at Chinese New Year. The story is a sad one, but one that is repeated by other families across China, as the shots of crowds of millions shoving their […]
Director James Gunn’s penchant for hyperbole is form fit to the little-known "Guardians of the Galaxy," sneaking in ludicrousness and self-awareness behind layers of masterful production design.
Killers is too stylish and thought-provoking to ignore, but it’s tonally inconsistent and, by the standards of other East Asian horror films, a little stale.
