April 2022

Les Olympiades, Paris 13e (2021): Jacques Audiard’s latest is three relationship stories that crisscross – sometimes to good effect, other times less convincingly. The movie has a very mellow, explorative vibe, in accordance with its lead characters, young people in search for love and contention. It may sound generic, but the details of each story… Read more

Les intranquilles (2021): Joachim Lafosse has put together a movie that’s not easy to endure – which is a compliment, in this case. Damien is an artist who lives together with his partner Leila and their young boy, Amin, a seemingly blissful family life. The problem – Damien is bipolar, suffering from overwhelming bouts of… Read more

The Power of the Dog (2021): The “runner-up” to this year’s Best Picture Oscar, the other Dog-titled movie this week is, in fact, pretty special. Jane Campion has put together a modern Western, which finds itself in the strange temporality of the early 1900s – seemingly contemporary, yet of a different time. It’s a great… Read more