Les Misérables (2020)

Nominated for Best International Feature Film at this year’s Oscars, Ladj Ly’s Les misérables steps far away from the classic musical, and showcases a gritty, of-the-moment representation of tensions in a modernized France.

Michael WardJanuary 17, 2020Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga, Issa Perica, Al-Hassan Ly, Steve Tientcheu, Almamy Kanoute, Nizar Ben Fatma, Jeanne Balibar, 2020, France, Foreign, Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini, Les miserables

Cold War (2018)

Polish import Cold War tells a visually beautiful, if not somewhat emotionally distant story, of a 15-year off-and-on again romance between a young singer and music director in 1950s Europe.

Michael WardJanuary 17, 2019Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza, Cédric Kahn, Jeanne Balibar, 2018, Foreign, Drama, Poland, Cold War, Piotr Borkowski, Paweł Pawlikowski, Janusz Glowacki

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