News
Plus Chelsea Wolfe, Modest Mouse, Gone to Color, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 28, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 20th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week, Republicans successfully blocked a commission that would have probed the January 6 storming of the Capitol. More
From the Soundtrack to Annette, In Theaters August 6
May 28, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Sparks (brothers Ron and Russell Mael) have shared a new song, “So May We Start,” that also features actors Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, and Simon Helberg. The song is taken from the musical film, Annette, directed by Leos Carax (Holy Motors) and starring Driver, Cotillard, and Helberg. The Mael brothers co-wrote the film with Carax and wrote all the music for it (and also appear in the film). More
Interviews
Jan 09, 2015
By Chris Tinkham
Marion Cotillard loves to explore. The French actress, who stars in Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Two Days, One Night, likens acting’s preparation process to mining for gold. “One of my favorite parts is when you start feeling the character in your body,” Cotillard says. “When I start feeling [that], the way I walk, the way I talk, the way I breathe becomes her. And then I see myself disappearing.” More
Jun 02, 2007
By Chris Tinkham
Breathtaking is a word that usually is not used literally, but go to a screening of La Vie en Rose, writer-director Olivier Dahan’s chronicle of the life of French singer and icon Édith Piaf, and listen to the folks seated near you at the end of the film. You will hear sniffling and slow gasps as actress Marion Cotillard illuminates the film’s final frames. More
Reviews
Directed by the Dardenne brothers
Dec 22, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Parabolic in its surface simplicity, Two Days, One Night follows Sandra (Marion Cotillard), a married mother of two who must convince the majority of her 16 co-workers to refuse their bonuses so she can keep her factory job. More
Apr 22, 2010
By Chris Tinkham
The third night of the 14th annual City of Lights, City of Angels (COL•COA) film festival, a weeklong showcase of new French films at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles, was highlighted by the Cold War espionage thriller Farewell and the West Coast premiere of Please, Please Me!, from writer/director Emmanuel Mouret (Shall We Kiss?). More