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Juliette Binoche


Sara and Jean on the balcony

Claire Denis is undoubtedly one of the most distinctive French filmmakers working today and also, arguably, one of the best. She has made some of the most memorable films to come out of the country for decades now. The likes of Beau Travail, 35 Shots of Rum, White Material and Basterds are all top tier …

Chrystèle and Marianne sat on a beach

The gig economy is one of the biggest blights of modern capitalism. Not only do workers have no job security, the pay is usually terrible and the work is rarely much better. All the power rests in the hands of the employers while employees can get fired at will. Without any guarantee of hours, and …

Clouds of Sils Maria

There’s been quite a few “backstage” films of late. The most famous example is Birdman, but other notable entries include Map To The Stars and Venus in Furs. Olivier Assayas is a very descriptive director, but in Clouds of Sils Maria he wraps the plot and intrigue in many layers of intertwining knots, merging fantasy …

I don’t generally do monster movies.  In fact I don’t generally do what the BBFC would deem ‘sustained threat and peril’.  I blame watching slightly scary films on television with my Nannan, who would view them with the affect of a coiled spring.  When anything happened to make you jump, she would grab the nearest …