‘Sentinelle’ is a French action flick directed and produced by Julien Leclercq, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was made by Labyrinthe Cinéma and Umedia before being released onto Netflix. Klara (Olga Kurylenko) is a French Army veteran returning home to Nice, France to live with her mother Maria (Antonia Malinova) and her sister Tania…
Directed by Patrice Laliberté, this French-Canadian thriller ‘The Decline‘ is made by Couronne Nord and distributed through Netflix. It had its premiere at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma film festival under its original title ‘Jusqu’au déclin.’ There are some minor spoilers in this review. Antoine (Guillaume Laurin) is a wannabe survivalist living in rural Quebec. He…
I remember the story of Amanda Knox. Though I did think she acted peculiar at her trial, I never once doubted her innocence. I knew she had nothing to do with the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. It was nothing more than trial by media and a bunch of salacious headlines. I watched a…
Radical left-wing lawyer Jacques Vergès is the subject of the 2007 French documentary “Terror’s Advocate” known in Europe as “L’Avocat de la terreur” directed by Barbet Schroeder. It had its premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. The film opens with Jacques Vergès (5 March 1925 – 15 August 2013) downplaying the atrocities committed by…
