Movies - Dec. 17, 2004
Jeunet tries his hand at war with "A Very Long Engagement"
Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet could have taken the easy way out for his follow-up to his smash film "Amelie," but instead he chose to put his unique imprimatur on Sebastian Japrisot's respected World War I novel "A Very Long Engagement."
Tags: Jeunet, Pinon, Amelie, Japrisot, Ulliel, Tautou

Movies - April 16, 2004
"Good Bye Lenin!" is the funnest tragedy of the year
Wolfgang Becker's film is either the saddest comedy or the funniest tragedy you'll see this year. This film about a man trying to save his mother's life by hiding the truth from her, has an equally engaging subtext.
Tags: Germany, Lenin, Tiersen, Amelie

Movies - April 2, 2004
"Monsieur Ibrahim" draws strength from sincery and charm
Omar Sharif's new film is so simple, so sincere that it's a shame to give away the plot. Over the course of 90 minutes, Momo and Ibrahim grow ever closer and each provides the other with a daily ray of sunshine.
Tags: Cinema Paradiso, muslim, jew, koran, Montmarte, Paris, Amelie, Malena, Sharif, Monsieur Ibrahim

Movies - June 20, 2003
"L'Auberge espagnole" has Euro "Friends" feel
"L'Auberge espagnole" is Parisian slang for a "free for all" but the film doesn't really have the wild feel that the title might suggest. Really, it's more "Friends" as a thinly-veiled analogy for the European Union.
Tags: Tautou, Amelie

Movies - March 27, 2003
Tautou sheds shy Amelie in "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"
If you go to see "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not," the new French film starring Audrey Tautou -- the actress that made "Amelie" so irresistible -- expecting a reprise of Tautou's last film, you'll be in for a surprise.
Tags: Tautou, Amelie