Dans la Tête

I love the inventiveness of this animated short.

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Coming Soon to a French Movie Review Blog Near You

When I first started working on this website I took the lazy way out and posted quite a few (okay, all) of the reviews straight from Amazon.com, with the intention of coming back later and writing my own, in-depth takes on these French films that I love so well.  After all, a critique is supposed to add something new to the conversation, right?  Well, it’s later, and I’m happy to announce that I’ve finally gotten off of my derrière and started the process.  Follow me on Twitter if you wish to be notified of the new reviews, or just check back here often. The first reworked review is on District B13, and my goal is an average completion rate of one review per day.

While this website’s main focus is on films from the last thirty years or so, I’ll occasionally a review something a little further back in French Cinema. Today, for instance, I watched  one of François Truffaut’s early masterpieces, and will eventually include my review here on ILoveFrenchMovies.com.

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Star Rating Feature Installed

Each of the films I’ve listed on this site now feature a star rating just below the title of the movie. I’ve only listed movies that I’ve watched, and the ratings are just my opinions. You may love a movie that I detested, and you may absolutely hate a movie that I loved (although that seems unlikely). There are a couple of Rating: ★★★★★ movies on this site. Tatie Danielle, a black comedy that I dearly love, and Night on Earth, a film by Jim Jarmusch that still amazes me when I think about the simplicity of the idea. I’ll admit that it took multiple viewings of Night on Earth for a few of the vignettes to hit home with me. While being a fan of Jim Jarmusch, I don’t automatically love everything he does.

Are there any French films that you’d like to see reviewed on this site? Any recommendations of French movies that you’ve seen and enjoyed or hated? Leave your comments below.

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