Tag: 2010
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My Afternoons With Margueritte
After charming audiences at the Alliance Française French Film Festival, the sweet and subtle comedy My Afternoons With Margueritte makes its way to wider release. Starring Gérard Depardieu and Gisèle Casadesus.
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The Princess of Montpensier (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
Veteran filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier returns to France.
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Carlos (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
Acclaimed French filmmaker Olivier Assayas turns his lens to the infamous Carlos the Jackal, in the mini-series turned feature film Carlos. A hit at Cannes and a regular on the festival circuit, it makes its way to Australian audiences as part of the Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011.
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Never Let Me Go
After a nine year absence from filmmaking, director Mark Romanek brings Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel to the cinematic arena.
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Waiting for Superman
After bringing the global warming message to the masses in An Inconvenient Truth, and exploring the impact of electric guitar in It Might Get Loud, American documentarian Davis Guggenheim turns his attention to the U.S. public school system, chronicling five students left behind in the bureaucratic mess.
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A Cat in Paris (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
House cat by day, prowling the rooftops of Paris by night: such is the life of a cat. This retro storybook of a film is the latest big animated film to come out of France from Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli, and it is playing here for the Alliance Française French Film Festival.
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Barney’s Version
Richard J. Lewis brings Mordecai Richler’s 1997 novel Barney’s Version to the big screen, with Paul Giamatti in the lead. Surrounded by a high profile cast, it tells the tale of the life of the titular character, in a story that has to be seen to be believed.
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On Tour (Alliance Française French Film Festival 2011)
Earning Mathieu Amalric best director at Cannes, On Tour paints a portrait of the other side of burlesque as it follows an American troupe doing the rounds of France.
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Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu returns with his first film since 2006’s Babel, eschewing his linear-bending stories for a more straightforward but equally powerful portrayal of a man’s journey along the edges of life and death. Starring Javier Bardem in an Oscar-nominated role.
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