Snow White (2009)
Oct 8, 2010Fairy-Tale Ballet Adaptation
An amazing reinterpretation of the classical fairytale as modern ballet for adults. This does amazing things to reinvent the original and is visually extraordinary
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The Monk (2011)
Apr 15, 2014Monk's Temptation by the Devil
The Monk is a sordid classic of 18th Century Gothic literature, filled with crazed lusts and Catholic guilt and damnation. However, in the hands of French director Dominik Moll, all the tortured sexuality has been watered down and the story stuffed as a costume drama
A Monster in Paris (2011)
Jun 16, 2012Animation/Genteel Singing Monster
A charming French-made animated film about a genteel singing monster. Nothing profound but this is beautifully animated and sweetly appealing in all the right places
Upside Down (2012)
Jul 28, 2013Two Worlds with Gravity in Opposing Directions
The frustration of a film that has a scientifically nonsensical premise - two planets where gravity is oriented in opposing directions - that is also surprisingly imaginatively made. This creates some genuinely amazing visuals and designs of the two worlds and showing the people on them interacting
Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012)
Jan 5, 2017Animation/African Folk Tales
The third of Michel Ocelot's Kirikou films, delightful tales about the ingenuity and plain-speaking wisdom of a young boy winning out over adult pomposity and foolishness. Animated with a simplicity that is magical
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)
Dec 21, 2014Animation/Boy With a Cuckoo-Clock Heart on a Quest
A French animated film where a boy with a cuckoo-clock for a heart goes on a quest for love through a surreal quasi-Steampunk world. With cameos from Georges Melies and Jack the Ripper
Mood Indigo (2013)
Nov 15, 2014Wackily Surreal Romance
After the disastrous misstep of The Green Hornet, Michel Gondry returns to the surreal whimsy of The Science of Sleep. A film where Gondry delights in scene after scene of visual nonsense and serving up all the appealingly capricious silliness he can muster – creativity for creativity's sake alone
The Visitor from the Future (2022)
Aug 10, 2026Time Travel Comedy
A French film about a time traveller come to prevent the catastrophic explosion of a nuclear power plant. A low expectation film that turns out to be a comedy that sparkles with wit and inventivity
Final Cut (2022)
Mar 12, 2023Zombies on a Zombie Film Set Comedy
One Cut of the Dead was one of the freshest takes on the overworked zombie film in recent years. Here Academy Award-winning director Michel Hazanavicius conducts a French remake but misses the mark
Infested (2023)
Jul 28, 2024Spiders Overrun an Apartment Building
This French film ratchets up quite a reasonable degree of scary tension in taking a kitchen sink view as spiders overrun a low-income Paris apartment building
Acid (2023)
May 4, 2025Deadly Acid Rain
A harsh and urgent French-made catastrophe film about a family trying to survive and get to safety with the appearance of a sudden cloud of deadly acid rain
Mars Express (2023)
Oct 26, 2025Animation/Mars Action/Cyberpunk
A French animated film, SF noir set on a future Mars with detectives fighting against someone who is jailbreaking robots. This deploys a strong and confident use of Cyberpunk tropes
The Animal Kingdom (2023)
Feb 24, 2024Human-Animal Mutations
An award-winning and highly acclaimed French film set in a world that is affected by a series of mutations where people are transforming into animal hybrids