French
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Diamantino
This sophomore feature from American filmmakers Gabriel Abrantes, and Daniel Schmidt is a joyous bizarre tale that is a result of their wonderfully warped imagination. It won’t play well with everyone but if you get pulled in by their sheer lunacy you will so love how it all pans out. It’s the tale of Diamantino (Carloto Cotta) the…
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KNIFE + HEART
Avant garde queer French filmmaker Yann Gonzalez sophomore feature maybe more accessible than his debut “Les rencontres d’après minuit” (remembered mainly for footballer Eric Cantona’s impressive prosthetic organ) but this campy gay slash horror flick is still definitely a very acquired taste. Set in 1970’s someone is killing the cast and crew of a…
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Sauvage
One of the most powerful and provocative movies that completely divided the critics at the Cannes Film Festival this year was French writer-director Camille Vidal-Naquet’s debut feature Sauvage. This story about a young street hustler in Strasburg who lived on his wits and despite his tough exterior turned out to be a whore with a…
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Sorry Angel
Following hot on the heels of BPM Beats Per Minute the powerful seminal French Aids movie that swept up every major César Award and at Cannes too last year, comes a new film from queer French auteur Christophe Honoré that tells a heartbreaking story from that same period. His movie is set in 1993 before the introduction…
