France

As someone who spent the first eight years of my life in a turbulent, abusive household, generational trauma is something I have thought about often throughout my adulthood. For some, there is a palpable fear…

Picture yourself in the midst of a sunflower field on a hot summer’s day, surrounded by friends, with a glass of wine. That’s what it feels like to explore Éric Rohmer’s filmography. It’s a breath…

Night Shift follows three police officers: Virginie, Erik, and Aristide. After volunteering for overtime, the trio is tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to the airport. What could go wrong? The movie (which also goes…

Judith Kerr was nearly 50 years old when she heard something she could not excuse. Her children remarked to her one night that they had always imagined her childhood as being similar to The Sound…

If you, reader, are anything like me, you are hip to any and all entries into the sapphic film canon. From Desert Hearts to Booksmart, every time there are two ladies kissing, my corner of Twitter…

When it comes to films with a heavy focus on artists and art in general, it is difficult to not be a little apprehensive. It can often be a slippery slope leading into shallow self-indulgence…

Racing, Fords, Ferraris, masculinity, movie stars, and the 1960s: Ford v Ferrari has the appearance of a dad film for the ages. But with James Mangold directing two of our best male leads in Hollywood,…

This is Part 2 of MovieBabble’s French Film Festival coverage. If you missed Part 1, click here to read. The 30th annual Alliance Française French Film Festival is now in full swing. Here are a…

As much as we all try to give off the facade that we’re cinephiles, there’s always more movies to see, more holes to fill in our film knowledge. That’s one of the more interesting things…

Before the review officially begins, I must offer this advice: For the love of everything we hold dear, if you watch this film on Netflix, choose the French audio (and then subtitles, unless you speak…