Farewell, My Queen | Review
Moi Petite Reader: Underrated Jacquot Depicts Decadence on the Eve of Doom The first of underrated Gallic master Benoît Jacquot’s films to reach theaters on US Shores since 2004 (he’s had steady output...
View ArticleInterview: Benoît Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen)
French writer and director Benoît Jacquot gives an intimate look at the last days of monarchy during the beginning of the French Revolution. A young woman’s eagerness to please the Queen gets her in...
View ArticleTop 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #34. Benoit Jacquot’s 3 Hearts
3 Hearts Director: Benoit Jacquot Writers: Benoit Jacquot, Julien Boivent Producers: Edouard Weil U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni,...
View ArticleMost Anticipated Films for 2015: An Overview
Last month, we unveiled our all-encompassing, most anticipated films for the current year in film. Now we peer into a future that is a little past the limits of 2014 thus we find ourselves with a...
View ArticleChinese Puzzle | 2014 COLCOA Review
Tuft of Fluff: Klapisch Bids Adieu to Globetrotting Crew Diehard fans of Cedric Klapisch’s L’Auberge espagnole (2002) and its sequel, Russian Dolls (2005) should be happy to see the director round out...
View Article71st Venice Film Fest: Oppenheimer, Akin, Bahrani, Andersson & Ferrara...
Whiles the likes of Terrence Malick, Todd Haynes, Alexander Sokurov, Giorgos Lanthimos and J.C. Chandor no where to be found in the fall fest season map (with concerns to Malick — Telluride and TIFF...
View Article2014 TIFF: McCarthy, Bettany, Girard, Fontaine, Barthes Among Several World...
Just how much sway do TIFF programmers have? Looking at today’s Gala and Special Presentation add-ons, measurably, when it comes to films with star-wattage and acquisitions titles, the industry sides...
View ArticleThree Hearts | 2014 TIFF Review
Heart to Heart to Heart: Jacquot’s Romantic Drama Can’t Cover Every Angle Despite sporting the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg and Catherine Deneuve, Three Hearts, the latest from Benoit Jacquot often...
View ArticleTop 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #18. Benoit Jacquot’s Journal...
Journal d’une femme de chambre Director: Benoit Jacquot // Writers: Benoit Jacquot, Helene Zimmer French auteur Benoit Jacquot tends to get overlooked, though his recent international success with...
View ArticleThrough the Looking-Glass…Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2016: Picks 100 to 6
While DC and Marvel might already have a lock on several future release dates past the 2015 campaign with the Coen Bros. circling February on their calendars, for the most part, when it comes to...
View Article3 Hearts | Blu-ray Review
Premiering at the 2014 Venice Film Festival with little fanfare, and received a limited theatrical release in March, 2015 in the US, Benoit Jacquot’s latest somehow feels as if its been neglected....
View ArticleTop 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #27. Benoît Jacquot’s Son corps
Son corps Director: Benoît Jacquot Writer: Benoît Jacquot We’re still sulking over the initial plans Luca Guadagnino had for adapting Dom Delillo’s novella The Body Artist back in 2013, a project that...
View ArticleThrough the Looking-Glass…Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2017: An...
As we were putting together our projections for most anticipated films due in 2017, we noticed there were too many notable titles to be contained within a list of one hundred….so we’ve doubled our...
View ArticleThe Conversation: Cinema Italiano – 2016 Venice Film Festival Predictions
Looking towards the Lido, we’re just over three months away before the fourth quarter Fall Festival circuit kick off, and the final prestigious competition platform for 2016 in Venice. Continue...
View ArticleExclusive: Isabelle Huppert & Benoît Jacquot Reteam on “Eva” Remake
In Nicholas Bell’s sit down with the distinguished French actress Isabelle Huppert, who is currently promoting the U.S. Continue reading...
View ArticleTop 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: #11. Benoit Jacquot’s Eva
Eva Director: Benoit Jacquot Writer: Benoit Jacquot, Gilles Taurand Several months after premiering his Don DeLillo adaptation Never Ever out of competition in Venice last September, the prolific...
View ArticleThe Conversation: The 2017 Venice & TIFF Vortex
As the fall festival circuit looms, anticipation is high for a number of items expected to premiere in the fourth quarter. Continue reading...
View ArticleThe Conversation: Venice 2017 – Those Who Were Not Named
With Locarno and Venice’s recently announced competition line-ups, the last stand as far as 2017 festival circuit competition now sits with the soon to be revealed Platform Program at the Toronto...
View ArticleTop 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #62. Benoit Jacquot’s Mr....
Mr. Casanova 2018 may be a two-hitter for French auteur Benoit Jacquot. Following his latest collaboration with Isabelle Huppert in Eva (which was a shoe-in for Berlin, becoming the director’s third...
View ArticleTop 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #13. Benoît Jacquot’s Eva
Eva Several months after premiering his Don DeLillo adaptation Never Ever out of competition in Venice 2016, the prolific Benoît Jacquot returned to work with Isabelle Huppert (with whom he has...
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