Tag Archives: Gérard Depardieu

Gerard Depardieu – does he really have it all? Couch Potato investigates.

Posted on 14 November 2010 by Beth Williams

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Gerard Depardieu is indeed the star of international and French cinema, and he’s been making films for nearly 40 years. Awards – he’s got ‘em all. A Golden … Continue reading →

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Chloe – A-list stars give class to B-movie erotic-triangle thriller

Posted on 20 July 2010 by Jason Best

Atom Egoyan’s glossy, chic, wilfully perverse Chloe starts off as an intriguing psychological drama – and then veers off course into lurid B-movie territory. A remake of French director Anne Fontaine’s 2003 erotic-triangle drama Nathalie, Egoyan’s film stars Julianne Moore’s … Continue reading →

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Wild Target – French comedy hits the mark, but stars’ deaths make it poignant too

Posted on 18 June 2010 by Jason Best

Pierre Salvadori’s droll 1993 black comedy Wild Target (Cible émouvante) gets a timely DVD issue this month to coincide with the arrival in cinemas of its British remake. Bill Nighy stars in the new movie, playing a fastidious 55-year-old hitman … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Chloe – Perverse romantic triangle delivers guilty pleasures

Posted on 4 March 2010 by Jason Best

What should a wife do if she suspects her husband is cheating on her? Why, hire a gorgeous prostitute and get her to seduce him – that at least is the unusual course of action pursued by Julianne Moore’s worried … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Mesrine (Parts 1 & 2) – Audacious French crook steals the show

Posted on 2 February 2010 by Jason Best

Mesrine: Killer Instinct  and Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1, the gripping two-part crime biopic of notorious French crook Jacques Mesrine, were released separately, three weeks apart, in UK cinemas last summer, but their appearance on a two-disc DVD offers the … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Posted on 7 August 2009 by Jason Best

The name Jacques Mesrine didn’t mean anything to me until this film came along, but he’s an icon to the French, a criminal superstar who boasted a gift for self-publicity that matched his talent for robbing banks. What John Dillinger … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Girl Cut in Two – Claude Chabrol’s chaste film about perversion

Posted on 22 May 2009 by Jason Best

At the age of 78, French director Claude Chabrol is still going strong – so strong, in fact, that UK cinema distribution can’t keep up with his prolific work rate: his 70th film, the Gérard Depardieu-starring crime thriller Bellamy, premiered … Continue reading →

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