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Arthur Dupont, Émilie Gavois-Kahn and Chloé Chaudoye in “Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games: The ‘70s” on MHz Choice. Courtesy of MHz Choice

Forget whatever you assume about Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. They don’t matter here. “Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games: The 70s” is actually the third season of a French TV series “Les Petits Meutres D’Agatha Christie,” (“The Little Murders of Agatha Christie”) but it’s like a first season, since most of the cast are new to this delightful comedic crime-fest. The package is ten 90-minute tele-films, with our trio of cops solving different cases in each.

A large part of the fun for viewers lies in everything they display about the 1970s, from miniskirts and go-go boots to music and attitudes. When no-nonsense Annie Greco (Emilie Gavois-Kahn) arrives as the new homicide captain in a precinct, the old-boy network smugly gives her a hard time,...

Exclusive: Subscription streaming outlet MHz Choice, which brings prestige international television to North American viewers, has set its summer slate with the U.S./Canada premieres of 15 series and nine returning shows. Included among them are French period mystery Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games: The ‘70s and Don’t Leave Me, an Italian police drama from the creators of Gomorra.

France Television’s Criminal Games debuts on the service June 13. The 10-part series adapts Agatha Christie’s mysteries in the 1970s and is led by three intrepid investigators. Emilie Gavois-Kahn, Arthur Dupont and Chloé Chaudoye star. Creator is Thierry Debroux.

On August 15, Federation Entertainment’s Don’t Leave Me will bring Deputy Chief Elena Zonin (Vittoria Puccini) back to her hometown of Venice to hunt down a network of kidnappers. There, she’s confronted...

After some hestitation if Quentin Tarantino would finish Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in time for a Cannes premiere, the festival announced today that his 1969-set film would officially be ready to have its world bow there. Set to screen in 35mm, it clocks in at 2 hours and 45 minutes, but it’s not the longest film added to the competition line-up. The festival will also premiere Abdellatif Kechiche’s sequel Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo, which runs a whopping four hours.

It’s also not the only Tarantino update we got this week. Speaking to /Film about his re-edited Netflix version of The Hateful Eight, he revealed that his rumored director’s cut of the Django Unchained is a reality and it’s coming sooner than we thought. “I’ve actually cut a director’s cut of Django. That’s about like three hours and 15 minutes, or three hours and 20 minutes,...

★★★☆☆A Parisian romantic comedy sprinkled with more than a touch of whimsy, Agnès Jaoui's Under the Rainbow (2013) reaches for an Allen-like vibe amongst its array of love-starved characters but only partly succeeds in achieving this. Laura (Agathe Bonitzer) has a reoccurring dream where she is living a fairytale existence which ends with a Prince Charming figure waiting for her. That longing to be swept up in a full-blown romance is sated in meeting young composer Sandro (Arthur Dupont). The extent of their whirlwind courtship is revealed to family members on both sides during a soirée at Laura's father's luxurious home, where the story splinters and we meet Laura's aunt Marianne (Jaoui), an actress.

Watch a freshly cooked clip for Christian Vincent's Haute Cuisine, starring Catherine Frot, Arthur Dupont, Jean d'Ormesson, Hippolyte Girardot, Jean-Marc Roulot, Philippe Uchan, Laurent Poitrenaux and Hervé Pierre. The film opened this weekend (September 20th, 2013) via Weinstein Co, and is written by Etienne Comar and Vincent from the story by Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch. Hortense Laborie (Catherine Frot), a renowned chef from Perigord, is astonished when the President of the Republic (Jean d’Ormesson) appoints her his personal cook, responsible for creating all his meals at the Elysée Palace. Despite jealous resentment from the other kitchen staff, Hortense quickly establishes herself, thanks to her indomitable spirit.

Title: Haute Cuisine The Weinstein Company Director: Christian Vincent Screenwriter: Etienne Comar, Christian Vincent Cast: Catherine Frot, Arthur Dupont, Jean d’Ormesson, Hippolyte Girardot, Jean-Marc Roulot, Philippe Uchan, Laurent Poitrenaux, Hervé Pierre, Brice Fournier Screened at: Dolby24, NYC,9/10/13 Opens: September 20, 2013 If Hortense Laborie (Catherine Frot) knew that Bill Clinton would adopt a simple vegan diet she would be both disbelieving and horrified. Horrified. To her a diet is a disease, any diet, a point that has her quoting Montesquieu in Christian Vincent “Haute Cuisine” to the effect that, well, a diet is a disease. Watching her prepare dishes for the President of France she turns Hippocratus’s dictum “Let food [ Read More ]

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Title: Au bout du conte (Under the rainbow) Director: Agnès Jaoui Starring: Agnès Jaoui, Agathe Bonitzer, Arthur Dupont, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnes Jaoui, Benjamin Biolay Fairytales can be mocked, warped and actualised, leading to outstanding results. The ultimate movie shot by Oscar-nominated Agnès Jaoui attempts to play around with these archetypes, but the results aren’t so successful. ‘Au bout du conte’ – which literally means at the beginning of a tale, but has been translated to ‘Under the rainbow’ (probably to tease the ‘Over the Rainbow’ fantastic interregnum) – opens with a dream sequence that sets the stage for its fantasy-tinged storyline about an innocent twenty year old sophisticated girl, Laura (Agathe [ Read More ]

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The 20th edition of the French Film Festival revved into action last night in Edinburgh's Filmhouse with a screening of charming and poignant comedy Mobile Home - and the Belgian co-production is a testimony to how far the event has come, with French language films from Switzerland and Canada also making an appearance this year.

The screening was attended by not one star but three, with director François Pirot and actors Guillaume Gouix and Arthur Dupont all on hand to talk about the story of two friends whose plans to leave home and see the world don't quite turn out as they expect. The trio proved an entertaining bunch, with plenty of Gallic charm.

Apologising for his lack of English, Gouix said: "When you speak three languages, you are trilingual. When you speak two languages, you're bilingual and when you speak one language... you're French."

Dupont, meanwhile, who would...

For younger readers, Bob Geldof is the man whose daughter is draped across faux-chastising articles in the Daily Mail and various other of Britain’s wealth of morally “flexible” tabloid publications and, occasionally, painful and abortive television programmes. If you are nearing adulthood- at least legally- then you will be aware that Geldof organised a pop concert in which poverty was made history, somewhere during the second chorus of “Yellow” by Coldplay. If you are depressingly old (i.e. over thirty) then you will be primarily cognisant of Geldof through his first charity concert, Live Aid, swearing at the British public and, possibly, his now almost forgotten punk band, The Boomtown Rats.

But in between ushering the planet to the utopia in which we now all find ourselves and having embarrassing offspring, Geldof had a quieter- and admittedly brief- dual strand as an artist on the silver screen. In addition to several cameos as himself,...

Bob Geldof involved in an upcoming movie project – now that’s a good news, right? Wait until you hear the rest of it!

According to the latest reports, Geldof is attached to star in the French film Mauvaise Fille. You can find Bad Girl translation on the internet, but I guess that actually means Bad Daughter.

One thing is for sure – this movie is actually an adaptation of Justine Levy‘s book of the same name, and for the rest of the details, check out the rest of the report. Trust me, it’s interesting enough!

Geldof, musician and activist, will star as French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, or should we say – a character closely based on Levy, one of France’s most famous public intellectuals. Just in case you’re wondering what’s so special about Bernard-Henri Levy, we’re here to answer that question.

Levy, (often referred to today,...

A stripped-down thriller film , Caroline and Eric Du Potet's 'In Their Sleep' is an engaging and visceral ride albeit not bringing anything new to the genre. The main character is Sarah skillyfully played by Anne Parillaud of 'Nikita' and 'Innocent Blood' fame. Ms. Parillaud has aged gracefully and her weather-worn face is one of the absolute delights of the film. Sarah loses her teenage son in an unfortunate accident in the opening segment of the film and now lives alone - over-worked and unhappy. When she runs into Arthurt (played Arthur Dupont) who is on the run from a mysterious man, she feels compelled to help him. However all is not what it seems and the arrival of the...

The horror movie industry has grown somewhat stagnant in recent years, it has to be confessed. Many of the more interesting premises by which to scare the wits out of your audience have been exhausted to the point of cliche or parody. However, low budget French horror/thriller In Their Sleep (2010) is a good example of a more innovative and original approach to the horror genre.

The collaborative writing and directorial efforts of brother and sister film making team Eric and Caroline Du Potet have created one of the more interesting titles to emerge from the french horror market following the success of contemporaries such as Alexandre Aja.

In Their Sleep tells the story of Sarah (Anne Parillaud), a grief-stricken nurse struggling to come to terms with a recent loss. Working long hours at the hospital, she finds herself thrown into a deadly game of cat and mouse after a...

While Hollywood has been falling over itself to churn out sequels, reboots and reinventions for the last few years, France has instead been quietly but effectively producing original fare that is not only very well-written, but genuinely thought-provoking.

Notable examples of this new wave of French cinema - which arguably kicked off with Alexandre Aja's divisive Haute Tension (2003) and Gasper Noé’s Irreversible (2002) - have been Ils (2006), Martyrs (2008), Inside (2007) and Frontière(s) (2007), the latter two produced by French company Br Films, who are behind the latest Gallic chiller In Their Sleep.

Written and directed by siblings Caroline Du Potet and Eric Du Potet, their debut feature for Frontière(s) producer Rodolphe Guglielmi shares many of the signature traits of these films, effectively combining an isolated setting with characters who may not be quite what they initially appear, and the general feeling for much of their running times of 'just...

Xavier Beauvois' "Of Gods and Men" dominated the nominations of the 36th Annual Cesar Awards, the French equivalent of the Oscars. "Of Gods" received 11 nominations total and will compete against Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), Mammuth, Le Nom Des Gens, The Ghost Writer, and On Tour for Best Film.

The Social Network, Invictus, Inception, Illegal, The Secret In Their Eyes, Bright Star, and Les Amours Imaginaires will duke it out for the Best Foreign Film category.

Jodie Foster will preside over the ceremony and Quentin Tarantino will be given an honorary Cesar award. The 36th Annual Cesar Awards will be held on Feb. 25th.

Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Film

Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), dir: Pascal Chaumeil

Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieu), dir: Xavier Beauvois

Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), dir: Joann Sfar

Mammuth, dir: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern

Le Nom Des Gens, dir: Michel Leclerc

The Ghost Writer,...

The nominations for this year’s César Awards (France’s Oscar equivalent) has been announced. In addition the awards ceremony has also chosen Quentin Tarantino as the recipient of the ceremony’s honorary award. Alain Terzian, the president of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma announced at a press conference this morning confirmed that the director would be present to ick up his award in person.

It is also worth noting that there are three American movies among the seven nominees for Best Foreign Film: Inception, The Social Network and perhaps the biggest surprise, Invictus.

The 36th edition of the Césars will take place on February 25 in Paris.

Here’s the full list of nominees:

Best Movie

L’arnacoeur by Pascal Chaumeil

Le nom des gens by Michel Leclerc

The Ghost Writer by Roman Polanski

Tournée by Mathieu Amalric

Des Hommes et des Dieux by Xavier Beauvois

Gainsbourg...

Three U.S. films are among the seven nominees for best foreign film in this year’s César Awards, France’s version of the Oscars. Meanwhile, American director Quentin Tarantino has been selected to receive an honorary award and will be at the Feb. 25 ceremony in Paris to accept it, it was announced Friday.

The three American films cited by the Académie des arts et techniques du cinema are Christopher Nolan’s “Inception,” David Fincher’s “The Social Network” and Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus,” an Oscar contender in the States last year.

Xavier Beauvois’ “Of Gods and Men” (“Des hommes et des Dieux”) — not one of the nine films still in contention for the best foreign film Oscar — leads with 10 nominations, while Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” and Joann Sfar’s “Gainsbourg” (“Vie Héroïque”) are also nominated in multiple categories.

Presiding over this year’s awards is American actress and director Jodie Foster.

What can I say. I love women, I love women in horror and I love women in power! Hey it's a turn on! So what we have here is nothing short of a powerful December 5th heading our way so check out the Press Release and read all about it, the women involved and their films in this great Film Fest called Bleedfest.

Monthly Genre celebration Bleedfest Film Festival announces schedule for its Thriller installment December 5th, 2010 

The schedule for the highly anticipated second BleedFest Film Festival has been announced. It includes a dozen female filmmakers' short films and concludes with international genre superstar's Caroline Du Potet's thriller feature In Their Sleep, her follow up to the sensational and disturbing Inside.

Special guests sitting in their own VIP section include World Famous Scream Queens/producers Michelle Tomlinson and Tara Cardinal, prominent journalist/filmmaker Heidi Martinuzzi, Emmy winning filmmaker Barbara Stepansky,...

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Caroline and Eric du Potet co-directed the brand new French horror film In Their Sleep (Dans ton sommeil) starring amazing actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), Arthur Dupont, Thierry Frémont, and Jean-Hugues Anglade (The Professional, Nikita), and it's out on VOD on Dec 3rd!

Previously released in France in March 2010, it is now going to be available worldwide.

One year after her teenage son's death, Sarah's life is in pieces. Then late one night, her car accidentally hits Arthur, a young man the same age as her boy, who suddenly emerges out of the forest and onto the road. Wounded and frightened, he is running from a mysterious assailant, hunting him down after Arthur caught him red handed in the act of burglary.

Sarah sympathizes with him, taking him in, only to be tracked down by the burglar whose murderous rage towards Arthur forces her to take action.

In Their Sleep is a French language film, which will be shown in North America through IFC Film's video-on-demand platform. The release date is set for December 10th and the story involves a cat-and-mouse game between a robber, his victim, and an innocent female bystander. Not every one in the film is going to make it to the happy ending, as the bloody trailer suggests. Have a look at the clip below for this film from Br Films, which also brought Frontier(s) and L'Interieur (Inside) to theatres (Uhm).

The synopsis for In Their Sleep is here:

"After the brutal death of her 18 year-old son, Sarah's life is in pieces. Late one night, her car accidentally hits Arthur, a young man the same age as her boy, who suddenly emerges out of the forest and onto the road. Wounded and frightened, he is running from a mysterious assailant, hunting him...

It was way back in May when IFC Midnight acquired writer/director Antoine Blossier's debut feature Proie (Prey), and finally, come December we'll be able to watch it either On Demand (starting on the 1st) or in selected theatres (as of the 3rd).

The film, co-written by Blossier and Erich Vogel, stars Grégoire Colin, Bérénice Bejo, François Levantal, Joseph Malerba, Fred Ulysse, and Isabelle Renauld. It was produced by Polaris Film Finance & Production and Quasar Pictures.

Synopsis:

One night several deer hurl themselves unexpectedly against the electric fence of a farm. Seeing deep signs of biting on the animals’ bodies, the farm owners realize that a predator is roaming about the neighboring woods. Having determined to hunt it down, the farmer and his family penetrate deep into the surrounding forest. They look with bewilderment at the dying environment ravaged by a mysterious evil force. As the sun slowly sinks away,...

Some new art for the latest film from the duo who brought us the ultra-psycho home invasion film Inside, entitled In Their Sleep (or Dans ton sommeil), just came our way; and it's looking like Caroline du Potet and Eric du Potet are readying themselves to terrorize audiences all over again.

Look for more on this film starring Anne Parillaud, Arthur Dupont, Thierry Fremont and Jean-Hugues Anglade soon. In the interim check out the trailer, the art, and the plot crunch below.

Synopsis

"One year after her teenage son's death, Sarah's life is in pieces. Then late one night her car accidentally hits Arthur, a young man the same age as her boy, who suddenly emerges out of the forest and onto the road. Wounded and frightened, he is running from a mysterious assailant, hunting him down after Arthur caught him red-handed in the act of burglary. Sarah sympathizes with him,...

I somehow missed the first mention of helmer Martin Provost and award-winning actress Yolande Moreau looking to quickly reunite after the triumphant turn in the Cesar-winning 2008 film, Séraphine. The twosome will now re-team on Où Va la Nuit (Where the Night Goes) with production set to take place after Easter in various locations, including Brussels. - I somehow missed the first mention of helmer Martin Provost and award-winning actress Yolande Moreau looking to quickly reunite after the triumphant turn in the Cesar-winning 2008 film, Séraphine. The twosome will now re-team on Où Va la Nuit (Where the Night Goes) with production set to take place after Easter in various locations, including Brussels. Arthur Dupont, Edith Scob, Laurent Capelluto, Valentijn Dhaenens and Jan Hammenecker have been added as the supporting cast. Julie Salvador (executive producer on Les herbes folles) produces. Adapted by Provost (who switches up several items in...

Caroline and Eric du Potet co-directed the brand new French horror film In Their Sleep (Dans ton sommeil) starring amazing actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), Arthur Dupont, Thierry Frémont, and Jean-Hugues Anglade (The Professional, Nikita.)

One year after her teenage son's death, Sarah's life is in pieces. Then late one night, her car accidentally hits Arthur, a young man the same age as her boy, who suddenly emerges out of the forest and onto the road. Wounded and frightened, he is running from a mysterious assailant, hunting him down after Arthur caught him red handed in the act of burglary...

Sarah sympathizes with him, taking him in, only to be tracked down by the burglar whose murderous rage towards Arthur forces her to take action. Unbeknownst to Sarah, things aren't quite the way they seem... but by the time she finally realizes, it is too late to turn back.

Toloda Films

NEW YORK -- Based on a true story, "One to Another" is a brisk examination of sexuality voiced as a murder mystery. The first hour, which explores sexual experimentation among a group of late teens, is interesting and provocative. After that, it pales a little as the murder mystery comes to prominence.

The film, which played here as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's yearly rendez vous with French Cinema showcase, is controversial enough to generate word-of-mouth. But an inconclusive ending will hamper chances at the boxoffice. Netflix/Strand Releasing distribute in the U.S.

The story revolves around a group of five teens in provincial France. Lucie (Lizzie Brochere), the only girl, has slept with a couple of the boys, but her true love is her brother Pierre (Arthur Dupont). He returns her incestuous feelings. Pierre is the charismatic leader of the group and, to complicate matters, is a practicing bisexual who is sleeping with one of the other boys. When Pierre mysteriously disappears, a worried Lucie attempts to find him. But his relationships have raised more tensions than anyone had dared to admit.

Director Jean-Marc Barr (probably still best known for 1988's "The Big Blue") and co-director/writer Pascal Arnold do a good job of downplaying the story's sensational elements. The theme of incest is explored in a very matter-of-fact way. It never occurs to the brother and sister that there's anything wrong with their liaisons, even though they are sensible enough to keep them secret from those outside the group. The directors are more interested in how the characters interact than the morality of their relationships, so these are presented very objectively.

Unfortunately, that objectivity carries over into the mystery. Although the culprits are finally revealed, no hint is given of their motivation. It's fine to make audiences work things out for themselves, of course, but in "One to Another" the material to figure out why the crime was committed just isn't there.

The young cast cope admirably with the difficult subject matter.