Posts Tagged ‘Jean-Pierre Dardenne’
Film Review – Two Days, One Night
Two Days, One Night, from directors Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, is about one woman’s weekend quest to save her job. Sandra (Marion Cotillard) works at a solar panel company and is currently out on sick leave. She finds out on a Friday that her coworkers…
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Blu-ray Review – The Kid with a Bike
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s The Kid with a Bike (2011/Criterion spine #646) tells the story of a young boy in search of himself. His upbringing is not what you would call “ideal.” The people he thought he could trust have turned on him, and as…
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Blu-ray Review – La Promesse
A sparkling new Blu-ray edition of the moving Belgian film La Promesse (The Promise) is coming out as part of the Criterion Collection. As is often the case, just by virtue of being selected for the Criterion treatment, this is a movie worth attention. I…
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Another MacGuffin Film Podcast Top 5’s segment. This time Brandi and Allen share their top 5 French films.
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