Outlandish lyrics sung by smiling people in perfect harmony. Has that edge of surprise...a little nuts and really funny. — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“There is no one way of seeing. Nor is there a right way of seeing. Yet simply to accept the notion that both the… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“For all of [Fanny] Ardant’s ability to depict a range of emotion, I most associate her with joy. Not necessarily the depiction of joy,… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT FRENCH CINEMA, specifically the women of today’s French cinema—a subject as vital as life and as irresistible as movies.… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“FRENCH CINEMA’S PORTRAITS of the young woman on her own constitute a strong and enriching strain in recent decades. Some of these films are… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“Drama and comedy are the polite genres, founded on collectively agreed-upon ideas, perceptions and truths. But life, as subjectively experienced, is not like comedy… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“THE NATURE OF FRENCH STARDOM (beginning early, staying late) makes it possible for a woman to grow up on screen. Marceau has been in… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“The slow blossoming of a notable career is sometimes a matter of a talent finding its way. Sometimes it’s a matter of audiences coming… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“No longer stereotypes, these screen women had become complicated. This combination of sensuality, independence and playfulness, made them fascinating to watch and completely modern.” — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
“...the best thing an individual movie lover can do is have fun. No great movement can happen in popular art without pure pleasure being… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
Before the code, women on screen took lovers, had babies out of wedlock, got rid of cheating husbands, enjoyed their sexuality, held down professional… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
To watch THE WAITING ROOM is to wish it would never end. This is human drama at its most intense and universal. The rare… — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
Bill Maher does something amazing in Religulous. He makes Michael Moore look incredibly likable in comparison. — Mick LaSalle Copy Share Image
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