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JUST-RELEASED: STILLS from the new Michel Gondry film

No U.S. distribution yet for Mood Indigo

[FANDANGO: Don't get sold out! Buy advance tickets to The Amazing Spider-Man.] Who better than Michel Gondry (The Green Hornet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) to convey the visual soarings of Boris Vian? Stills from Mood Indigo, an upcoming film adapted by Gondry from a Vian novel were recently released in France. Shooting began this past April and is still ongoing. Mood Indigo ... more >

AUDREY TAUTOU stars in Delicacy

The trouble with Nathalie
Audrey Tautou, François Damiens and Bruno Todeschini
Directed by David Foenkinos

The French title of the movie Délicatesse by the Foenkinos brothers has been translated by "delicacy," in the process losing its je-ne-sais-quoi. Delicacy brings food to mind rather than the subtle concept of thoughtfulness. Yet délicatesse is what makes classy, sophisticated and altogether charming executive Nathalie (played by Audrey Tautou, no less) sit up and notice a humble co-worker, ... more >

Coco Before Chanel

Everything on Chanel, pre-fame
Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde and Alessandro Nivola
Directed by Anne Fontaine

Because biopics must touch the bases of a human life, there is a certain formality to such films. The best you can hope for, sometimes, isn’t brilliance but to do the person justice. Anne Fontaine’s Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel, in French) is a lush French film that does justice to its subject. It is a project seemingly willed to quality by the commitment of the performers, starting ... more >