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The Girl on the Train
France, 2009, 105 min.
When her flash-in-the-pan relationship goes sour in a big way, heartbroken young Jeanne spins a lie that quickly spirals out of control. Émilie Dequenne (Rosetta) and Catherine Deneuve highlight the excellent ensemble cast.... more
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Kimjongilia
France, 2009, 75 min.
N.C. Heikin's documentary gives long overdue voice to those who've suffered under Kim Jong-il's reign. The film maintains a furious tone as it playfully mixes interviews, dance performances, propaganda films and animation. The result is a devastating indictment of one of the world's worst dictators.... more
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio
France, 2009, 100 min.
Twelve years after his adventures in Cairo, agent OSS 117 is back for another mission at the end of the world. He teams up with a sexy Mossad agent to capture a Nazi blackmailer. With a jubilantly retro score and a flair for using 1960s vocabulary to revisit colonial arrogance with biting satire.... more
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Queen to Play
France, 2009, 101 min.
Sandrine Bonnaire and Kevin Kline (in his first French-speaking role) shine in this sophisticated feel-good comedy set in idyllic Corsica. Middle-aged chambermaid Hélène's newfound obsession with the game of chess leads her to seek the tutelage of a reclusive American expat.... more
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Regrets
France, 2009, 106 min.
Cedric Kahn's suspenseful tale of irrational, obsessive love features Yvan Attal (Munich) and Valéria Bruni Tedeschi as old flames who reconnect and leave emotional carnage in their wake. With a suitably propulsive score by Philip Glass.... more
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Restless
France, 2009, 100 min.
This delicately wrought gem proves the "coming-of-age" story knows no age limit. Orphaned 18-year-old Claire lives with her elderly grandfather Maurice. As she meets a hopeless romantic and fumbles through her first feelings of love, he struggles to heal love's old wounds in his waning days.... more
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Sagan
France, 2009, 116 min.
With perfect attention to period detail and a decidedly sympathetic point of view, director Diane Kurys and actor Sylvie Testud (in a César-nominated performance) bring the controversial life of French author Françoise Sagan to the big screen.... more
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Welcome
France, 2009, 110 min.
A smoothly crafted, emotionally affecting drama driven by powerful performances, Welcome focuses on illegal immigrants trying to reach England from Calais, and the risk taken by the French people who help them despite threats from the police.... more
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