'The Squad' ('Les Joueuses'): Film Review

For a debut feature, writer-director Charlène Favier’s powerful coming-of-age sports drama Slalom couldn't come at a more timely moment.

David Robb Labor EditorPatricia Richardson, president of the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local, urged the guild’s members today to vote no on the union’s new film and TV contract. “The deal isn’t good enough, and now is the time to fix it,” she said during a Zoom press conference with other leaders of the opposition, which includes the local’s two vice presidents – Frances Fisher and David Jolliffe – and A.

Maggie Lee Chief Asia Film CriticEye-popping action steals the show in “Lupin III: The First,” the first computer-animated feature entry in the classic franchise about the French gentleman thief and master of disguise.

Jun 19, 2020 by Awais Irfan Good intentions and a compelling Jesse Eisenberg sadly can’t save this sluggish, disjointed wartime biopic – a true story that tells the true story of mime Marcel Marceau when he assisted the French resistance in World War II to escort thousands of orphans out of Nazi-occupied France.Eisenberg’s roles of late have made for some unexpected, interesting films; in both The Art of Self-Defense and Vivarium, Eisenberg plays up to his strengths.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentEurope’s biggest nation of moviegoers, France, saw its theaters reopen with a bang on June 22 and managed to sell between 850,000 and 900,000 admissions through Sunday.It’s roughly 50% less than an average week in June, but considering the dearth of fresh releases, the heat wave, which plagued most of the country last week, and fears of a second wave of COVID-19, it’s an “outstanding result that is beyond our most optimistic forecast,” said Eric Marti at

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSolveig Langeland’s Stuttgart-based sales agency Sola Media has sold CGI animated feature film “Moonbound” to multiple territories.The film, directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi on a production budget of around $9 million, will be released in Germany and Austria by Little Dreams and Warner Bros.

After launching in France in 2014 with rather disappointing numbers, Netflix has since become a major contender, with nearly 7 million subscribers at the start of the year and probably many more after a lengthy COVID lockdown this past spring.

Madalina Sneddon’s husband, Scots engineer Craig Sneddon, 46, has been accused of murdering her following the incident in the popular tourist city of Aix-en-Provence.Yesterday, a friend of the couple said their families are devastated and believe the death is a tragic accident.The friend, who asked not to be named, said: “Craig and Madalina have been married for many years – over 20 at least.

Ed Meza @edmezavarLa Fabrique Cinéma, the French support program aimed at young filmmakers from emerging countries, presented a wide-ranging showcase of works from around the world at the Cannes online market on Tuesday, among them new works by Iranian filmmaker Keywann Karimi (“Drum”) and Thai helmer Sompot Chidgasornpongse (“Railway Sleepers”).They are among 10 filmmakers taking part in the Institut Français’ La Fabrique Cinéma program, presenting projects in various stages of development

Arca’s fourth studio album ‘KiCk i’, is a delectable declaration of her new gender expression.

Jessica Kiang A boy, a building and a looming big bang: Out of these elements French directors Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh create a wondrous debut feature that derives such a crackle of authenticity from the physical reality of its setting that its starry-eyed metaphysics seem uncannily plausible too.

This instantly gripping French film begins with a wide shot of two police officers arresting a teenage girl on the beach. She doesn’t seem to object or freak out over what’s happening, though an older man whom we rightly presume to be her father becomes more agitated.

cobbles in April with an undisclosed connection to Rovers landlord Johnny, played by Richard Hawley, who decided to take a trip to France shortly after his arrival.

Also Read: 'The French Dispatch,' 'Soul' Make the Cannes 2020 Lineup As Festival Reveals the Movies It Would Have ShownOther winners included the student shorts “Still Working” and “Heading South”; “The Tongues” and “My Hero,” which won in the international and U.S.

cobbles in April with an undisclosed connection to Rovers landlord Johnny, played by Richard Hawley, who decided to take a trip to France shortly after his arrival.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMemento Films International has closed major territory sales on its prestige director-driven film slate, including “Persian Lessons,” “My Salinger Year” and “Under The Stars.” “Persian Lessons,” a drama directed by “House of Sand and Fog” helmer Vadim Perelman, is set in Occupied France in 1942.

Marcel Marceau when he assisted the French resistance in World War II to escort thousands of orphans out of Nazi-occupied France.Eisenberg’s roles of late have made for some unexpected, interesting films; in both The Art of Self-Defense and Vivarium, Eisenberg plays up to his strengths. In Resistance, he once again fills the screen with a fittingly kooky performance as Marceau.

Neil Young could be found sequestered in a poolside bungalow at the Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles’ most myth and magic-draped lodgings. A faux French fancy hiding in plain sight on Sunset Boulevard, the hotel has over the years hidden enough stories and secrets to make your eyes pop from their sockets.

Ben Croll French animation house My Fantasy, a 2P2L Group subsidiary dedicated to new media animation, has unveiled its first feature project at Annecy’s MIFA pitch forum.