Jacques Audiard’s Godfatheresque prison drama “Un Prophete” (A Prophet) won big Saturday night at France’s version of the Oscars, taking home nine of its record tying thirteen nominations for the coveted César Awards. Here’s the list of winners for Un Prophete: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Tahar Rahim Most Promising Actor: Tahar Rahim...
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Chances are you’ve seen at least one of his movies. As a director Jean-Pierre Jeunet is the man behind Delicatessen (1991), The City of Lost Children (1995), Alien Resurrection (1997), Amélie (2001), A Very Long Engagement (2004), and the soon to be released in the U.S. Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009). Of those films, Alien...
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An unintended but not unexpected consequence of running this website is that it makes me want to go back to France now. Traveling via cinema, at least for me, is a second-best option, and some days I prefer to remember a favorite trip rather than experience a new film. Today is one of those...
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We’ve all heard the stories. A friend returns from Paris smitten with the city but completely turned off by the inhabitants. “They were so rude! Everywhere I went they were mean to me, and I’ll never go back! Paris was beautiful, though.” Sound familiar? Ever think that it’s possible that it is sometimes us...
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Un Prophete has received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and will be released in the U.S. by distributor Sony Pictures Classics on Friday, February 26th. Click here to watch the trailer. Also released by Sony Pictures Classics (limited release on May 28th, 2010) is Micmacs. Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the man that gave...
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