It’s vanishingly rare to know the exact moment at which a movie loses the sympathies of its viewer, yet Chicken With Plums, a sophomorically cruel look at the wasted life of an Iranian violinist, promptly and clearly loses its balance. Read More
A Christmas Tale
Running Time 150 minutes
Written by Arnaud Desplechin and Emmanuel Bourdieu
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Anne Cosigny, Mathieu Amalric
Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale, from a screenplay (in French with English subtitles) by Arnaud Desplechin and Emmanuel Bourdieu, can best be Read More
Quantum of Solace
Running Time 106 minutes
Written by Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, and Robert Wade
Directed By Marc Forster
Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko
James Bond movies long ago outgrew the original fun and thrills invented by Ian Fleming, and they’ve been coasting on noise Read More
A Secret
Running time 105 minutes
Written by Claude Miller and Natalie Carter
Directed by Claude Miller
Starring Cécile De France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric
Claude Miller’s A Secret, from a screenplay by Mr. Miller and Natalie Carter, based on Philippe Grimbert’s autobiographical novel Un Secret, retitled in Read More
Mathieu Amalric, who played a paralyzed stroke victim in Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, will play Agent 007′s conniving villian in Bond 22, the 22nd film in the James Bond series. Dashing Brit Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the leading ladies’ man. Producers are "on the verge" of announcing who Read More
