All posts tagged "France"
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Jim Batts | November 21, 2023
NAPOLEON (2023) – Review
The end-of-the-year awards contenders naturally include several biographical films, usually, they’re intimate tales of triumph and tragedy, such...
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Cate Marquis | August 24, 2023
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS – Review
Juliette Binoche stars as a prosperous writer who goes undercover to research her next non-fiction book, an expose...
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Jim Batts | May 12, 2022
HAPPENING – Review
Wow, now there’s some epic movie “subject matter” timing, almost on par with THE CHINA SYNDROME (in theatres...
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Jim Batts | October 29, 2021
THE FRENCH DISPATCH – Review
After heading off to distant worlds in DUNE (transported via the “cinema starship”), how about a visit to...
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Jim Batts | October 14, 2021
THE LAST DUEL (2021) – Review
Now, here’s some “end of the year” old-school Hollywood spectacle-blockbuster “award fodder”. It takes place over 600 years...
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Jim Batts | July 29, 2021
STILLWATER- Review
As the Summer dwindles down into its final weeks, many Americans are hoping to make that final yearly...
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Jim Batts | January 16, 2020
LES MISERABLES (2019) – Review
Oh, oh. Didn’t we just endure another retelling of this classic story? And in song this last time?...
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Jim Batts | January 10, 2019
THE UPSIDE (2019) – Review
Less than a couple of weeks into the new year and film fans have already been treated to...
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Jim Batts | November 11, 2017
SLIFF 2017 Review – SLACK BAY
SLACK BAY screens as part of the 26th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival on Saturday,...
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Cate Marquis | November 9, 2017
SLIFF 2017 Review – FACES PLACES
FACES PLACES screens at Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Lindbergh Blvd. and Clayton Rd, Frontenac, MO 63131) as part of...
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Cate Marquis | November 9, 2017
SLIFF 2017 Review – HEAL THE LIVING
HEAL THE LIVING (Reparer les vivants) will screen at Plaza Frontenac Cinema (Lindbergh Blvd. and Clayton Rd, Frontenac,...
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Jim Batts | November 3, 2017
SLIFF 2017 Review-DALIDA
DALIDA screens as part of the 26th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival ON Saturday, November...
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Cate Marquis | September 15, 2017
POLINA – Review
The French and Russian languages drama POLINA is a coming-of-age story about a promising young Russian ballerina named...
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Jim Batts | February 23, 2017
THE RED TURTLE – Review
This weekend sees the wide release of one of the films nominated for the Best Animated Feature Academy...
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Jim Batts | March 31, 2016
MY GOLDEN DAYS – Review
This week another film maker tackles a subject frequently explored in movies of the heart, perhaps best labeled...
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Jim Batts | November 9, 2015
SLIFF 2015 Review – ONCE IN A LIFETIME
The travails and triumphs of teachers have been ample fodder for filmmakers almost since the start of cinema....
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Jim Batts | February 6, 2014
THE PAST – The Review
More prevalent now, than perhaps anytime in history, is the combined or “blended family” when a single parent...
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Jim Batts | November 3, 2011
THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR – The Review
THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR is a new period comedy/ drama from France that surprisingly has much in common...