Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2010 at Loncoln Center

[Chris Knipp]

Rendez-Vous with French
Cinema 2010

Coverage and reviews by Chris Knipp

Reviews and descriptions will appear here from Feb. 16 following.

To comment go to the Filmleaf Forums comments and notifications thread for this year's Rendez-Vous here.

Links to the reviews:

8 Times Up (Xabia Molia 2010)
Army of Crime, The (Robert Guédiguian 2009)
Farewell (Christian Carion 2009)
French Kissers, The (Riad Sattouf 2009)
Hedghog, The (Mona Achache 2009)
I'm Glad That My Mother Is Alive (Claude and Nathan Miller 2009)
In the Beginning (Xavier Giannoli 2009)
King of Escape, The (Alain Guiraudie 2009)
Mademoiselle Chambon (Stéphane Brizé 2009)
Making Plans for Léna (Christophe Honoré 2009)
OSS 117: Lost in Rio (Michel Hazanavicius 2009)
Rapt (Lucas Belvaux 2009)
Regrets (Cédric Kahn 2009)
Refuge, Le (François Ozon 2010)
Restless (Laurent Perreau 2009)
Thorn in the Heart, The (Michel Gondry 2010)
Welcome (Philippe Lioret 2009)
Wolberg Family, The (Axelle Ropert 2009)
RENDEZ-VOUS 2010 SUMMARY: CK thumbnail reviews and picks



Press Screening Schedule

Please join us for advance press screenings at the Walter Reade Theater 165 West 65th Street, close to Amsterdam Ave. P

Tuesday, February 16th
10am
The Army of Crime (L'armée du crime); 139m


Wednesday, February 17th
10am
Regrets (Les Regrets); 105m
12pm
Restless (Le bel âge); 97m


Thursday, February 18th
10am
Mademoiselle Chambon; 101m


Friday, February 19th
10am
The King of Escape (Le roi de l'évasion); 97m
12pm
The Thorn in the Heart (L'épine dans le Coeur); 86m
1:45pm
OSS 117 - Lost in Rio (OSS 177-Rio ne répond plus); 100m


Tuesday, February 23rd
10am
8 Times Up (Huit fois debout); 103m
12pm
Making Plans for Lena (Non ma fille tu n'iras pas danser); 105m
2pm
The Hedgehog (Le hérisson); 100m


Wednesday, February 24th
10am
Rapt; 125m
12:20pm
The Law (La loi/La legge); 126m


Thursday, February 25th
10am
**In the Beginning (A l'origine); 120m
**TENTATIVE SCREENING DATE/TIME - please contact Emilie directly for updates


Friday, February 26th10am
The Wolberg Family (La famille Wolberg); 80m
11:45am
**Farewell (L'affaire Farewell); 113m
**TENTATIVE SCREENING DATE/TIME - please contact Emilie directly for updates
2pm
**White as Snow (Blanc comme neige); 104m
**TENTATIVE SCREENING DATE/TIME-please contact Emilie directly for updates

Monday, March 1st
10am
The French Kissers (Les Beaux Gosses); 90m
11:45am
I'm Happy That My Mother is Alive (Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante); 90m
1:30pm
Hideaway (Le refuge); 88m