When his older boyfriend loses interest in him, filmmaker Isidore Bethel looks for a way forward.…
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The animated essay film “Archipelago” is partly documentary but mostly fiction, with poetry perhaps the…
Set in contemporary Paris, “France” — the latest from SLIFF alum Bruno Dumont (“Slack Bay,” “The Life of…
In “The Insurer,” an energetic comic thriller, a young female insurance-fraud investigator pairs up with…
“Julia” — directed by Julie Cohen and Betty West, who also helmed the Oscar-nominated “RBG” — brings to…
Journalist David Dufresne’s first documentary is a devastatingly timely investigation of the place of…
In “Paris, 13th District” — which debuted at Cannes — three girls and a boy become friends, sometimes…
In the lively French comedy “Perfumes,” Anne Walberg (Emmanuelle Devos) is a celebrity in the world of…
In “Petite Maman,” Céline Sciamma’s follow-up to her critically lauded “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” 8-…
In this ecological thriller based on true events, Nour Hamadi (Zita Henrot) returns to her small hometown…
Celebrated animator Chloé Mazlo makes her feature debut with this strikingly original film inspired by her…