Red Island: Childhood’s end
When does childhood end? At adolescence? When we reach legal age? Of course, it’s not really a...
Tag: France
Jeanne Du Barry: Ahead of Her Time
Jeanne Du Barry tells the story of Jeanne Becu (Maiwenn), the illegitimate daughter of an...
On the Adamant: A healing community
People living with mental illness, may often feel isolated. In On the Adamant, from documentarian...
The Taste of Things – Food for the soul
Films about cooking aren’t usually about cooking. That just serves as the framework to tell a...
Scarlet – Fairy tale between wars
Scarlet (L’envol) is something of an international mash-up. Italian director Pietro Marcello has very loosely adapted a novel (Scarlet Sails) by Soviet writer Alexander Grin into a story of French village life in the interbellum...
The Wrong Ones – Grit and struggle
Mallory Wanecque as Lily and Timéo Mahaut as Ryan in a scene from THE WORST ONES. Sometimes...
Ana?s in Love – Life of passion
Does passion provide an adequate foundation for how to live a life? In Ana?s in Love, from...
Soumaya – Fear drives it all
Fear takes many forms, some is personal, some is rooted in society. But it often leads to pain and...
The Summit of the Gods – An existential “why?”
Why do people (now a few thousand) climb Mt. Everest? George Mallory (who may or may not have been...
Saturday at AFI Fest 2021
If you?re in the mood for a time-bending coming-of-age story, Petite Maman will do the trick. From...
Only the Animals: Looking for Love Amongst the Lost
Everyone is looking for love? but not everyone knows what it is. Set in the France?s frigid Causse...
Mama Weed – Making the Most of Opportunity
Mama Weed (La Daronne), from director Jean-Paul Salom?, takes us into the Paris underworld, but...
Day 4 at AFI Docs
Today?s films range from the mundane to the worlds of power and money. Documentaries are ways to...