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I have to confess this film has left me somewhat puzzled. Not in the least as to how Juliette Binoche came to be starring in what feels at times like a French Carry On Emancipating. Paulette van der Beck (Binoche) and husband Robert (François Berléand) run a school of good housekeeping in Alsace in theContinue reading “La Bonne Epouse (How to Be a Good Wife) French Film Festival at Home”

Release date 23rd November 2020 Welcome additions to StudioCanal’s Vintage World Cinema Collection are two of Italian film maker Nanni Moretti’s most outstanding movies. Restored with all the care and precision that we have come to expect from StudioCanal and available on Blu-Ray for the first time, they serve to remind, if reminders are needed,Continue reading “Aprile New Restoration (DVD, Blu-Ray & Digital)”

French Canadian director Christophe Blanc brings a challenging subject to the screen with his English titled French film, Just Kids. In Grenoble, the three children in the Certy family have been orphaned. First of all their mother died after an illness then their father committed suicide by crashing a car. At this point, the twoContinue reading “Just Kids French Film Festival Online 2020”

The opening scene of a beautifully dappled wood, that had been till recently the workplace of Jimmy Kremer (Alban Lenoir), immediately gives way to an insight into the man’s troubled character. What seems like an innocuous scene of a father teaching his three children about  nature, is soon revealed to contain traits that dictate theContinue reading “Into Dad’s Woods (La Forêt de Mon Père) French Film Festival at Home”

Following the success of their Hallowe’en-themed weekend of Drive-in Movies, Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) and Unique Events can now confirm the dates and titles for a special Christmas-themed movie event. From Friday 18 December until Wednesday 23 December, some all-time favourite Christmas titles and blockbusters such as Home Alone; Frozen; Elf; Love Actually; It’sContinue reading “Driving In for Christmas Movies”

This year’s Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF), that took place entirely online from 6th to 25th October 2020, presented a total of 16 feature films, 7 shorts, 4 audio visual letters and 10 filmed monologues. Now that it’s by, the organisers are thrilled at the outcome, seeing cineastes from all over Scotland and England tuningContinue reading “Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 2020 Winds In Its Last Reel Till 2021”

Despite challenging circumstances, the 28th edition of the French Film Festival UK anticipates opening on 4 November 2020 with the UK premiere in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen of the comedy thriller Mama Weed / La Daronne. It stars one of le cinéma français’s best known names, Isabelle Huppert, who is expected to introduce the film virtually from Paris. The screeningsContinue reading “Vive le Cinéma! French Film Festival UK Reveals 28th Line-up in Cinemas and Online”

I’m probably not best placed to tell you how authentic or otherwise this account of a summer in the lives of 15 year old girls in a village near Valencia actually is, but I have to say it surely convinced me it was the real thing. Lucia Alemany shot this film in her home town,Continue reading “The Innocence Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival”

In September 2020, the first Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh (TFFE) took place digitally across the UK, showcasing the story of Taiwanese cinema from the ‘60s to the present day and featuring a programme, half of which was made up of UK premieres. Later in 2020, and also a first, will be the Queer East FilmContinue reading “Taiwan Film Festival and Queer East Film Festival Collaboration Announced”