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French Cinema

Seventh Row Editors / May 22, 2025

Ep. 172 Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (dir. Laura Piani)

On the podcast, Alex recommends Laura Piani’s Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, a witty and warm film with a touch of melancholy about a woman getting unstuck.

Alex Heeney / May 19, 2025

Film Review: Pauline Loquès’s Nino at Cannes

Alex Heeney reviews Pauline Loquès’s feature debut, Nino, starring Théodore Pellerin, which screens in the Critics’ Week sidebar at Cannes. The film tells the story of a twentysomething man’s nervewrecking weekend after he’s diagnosed with c
ancer and before he starts treatment.

Alex Heeney / May 17, 2025

Film Review: Alice Douard’s Love Letters

Alex Heeney reviews Alice Douard’s debut feature Love Letters, which screens in the Critics’ Week sidebar at Cannes. The film tells the story of a queer woman in 2014 whose partner is pregnant with their child, and the paperwork involved with becoming her daughter’s legal parent.

Alex Heeney / March 28, 2025

Ep. 165 Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia and what we can learn from a film’s opening scene

On the podcast, Alex recommends Alain Guiraudie’s film Misericordia and delves deep into the film’s compelling opening scene.

Alex Heeney / March 12, 2025

What to see at MOMI’s 2025 First Look Festival

The 2025 First Look Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image celebrates adventurous cinema, both fiction and nonfiction. This year’s highlights include the documentaries Elementary and Tata, as well as the docufiction When the Phone Rang.

Alex Heeney / March 4, 2025

What to see (and skip) at the 2025 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema

The 2025 Rendez-vous with French Cinema features many small gems of the festival circuit, like This Life of Mine, When Fall is Coming, Winter in Sokcho, and Foreign Language.

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