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Review: A French Gigolo

The title might make you think you're in for something raunchy, but Josiane Balasko's bittersweet film is anything but. The always wonderful Nathalie Baye stars as Judith, an independent woman who is pragmatic about the difference between love and sex and willing to pay to fulfill her desire....

Review: The Wedding Song

Set during World War II in Tunis, Karin Albou's The Wedding Song is the story of a friendship between adolescent girls tested by drastic circumstances. The second film by the director of the award-winning Little Jerusalem, starring Olympe Borval and Lizzie Brochere, opens today in New York. ...

Review: Trucker

Roger Ebert started the Oscar campaign for Michelle Monaghan, championing her in the indie drama Trucker. "Her performance clearly deserves an Oscar nomination," he wrote. You can't be much more direct than that. Marcy is not so sure. Read her review. Trucker, the first film by write...

Norwegian Film Alert: Troubled Water Screens in New York

I was lucky enough to see Eric Poppe's Troubled Water last year at the Hamptons Film Festival. The film won both the Golden Starfish for Best Narrative Feature and the Audience Award -- and then it disappeared. Troubled Water tells the parallel stories of a man who is released from prison eig...

New DVD Releases: American Violet, Adoration, Makavejev

Tim Disney's indie drama American Violet, the true story of a single black mother accused of trafficking drugs, Adoration, the latest from Atom Egoyan, and a box set featuring three films by Yugoslavian filmmaker Dusan Makavejev make up this week's round of DVD recommendations.New DVD Releases: A...

Review: Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces