Movie Shark Header

movie shark deblore
Film Critic to the Culver City Observer and over 129 Publications Worldwide including: The Observer, Inc., John Schimmenti, Inc., CCN, Inc., Santa Monica Observer, Inc., Beacon-Times, Inc., Columbus-Register, Inc., and a Host of Others

[Home]
[This Weeks Reviews]
[Recent Reviews]
[Review Archive]
[Top Ten]
[Oscars]
[Film Festivals]
[2006 Film Festivals]
[2005 Film Festivals]
[2007 Film Festivals]
[Coming Soon]
[Studio Links]
[Other Links]
[Contact movie shark deblore]
[Straight To DVD]
[Trailers]
[Photo Galleries]
[Golden Globe Awards]
[Legal]

[Home] [LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL] [2007 Lineup] [May 23 Press] [Festival Map] [2007 Overview] [Champagne Spy,The] [Town That Was,The] [LAFF SPOTLIGHTS ROMANIAN FILM] [SEVERED WAYS] [BEAUTIFUL ORDINARY,THE] [BILLY THE KID] [SALTY AIR] [RAZZLE DAZZLE] [FLIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD] [French Films at LAFF] [Spirit of Independence Award]

French Films in the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival

Molière
France • DIRECTOR Laurent Tirard
This comic romp, brought delightfully to life by some of France’s top acting talent, presents an imaginary episode in the life of the 17th-century playwright as if it were one of his own diverting social satires.
THURSDAY, JUN 28, 7:00 PM       FRIDAY, JUN 29, 2:00 PM
Majestic Crest Theatre                The Landmark

2 Days in Paris
USA • DIRECTOR Julie Delpy
Julie Delpy writes, directs, produces, stars, edits, and scores this charming and lively romp about a Parisian ex-pat and her American boyfriend passing through the City of Light for a visit.
Friday, Jun 29, 7:00 pm          Sunday, Jul 1, 5:15 pm
Mann Festival                       The Landmark

Blame It on Fidel (La faute à Fidel)
France • DIRECTOR Julie Gavras
A 9-year-old girl’s life is turned upside down by her parents’ sudden political awakening in this refreshing look at the upheavals of the early ’70s.
WEDNESDAY, JUN 27, 5:00 PM       THURSDAY, JUN 28, 7:30PM
Billy Wilder Theater                   Landmark’s Regent

Lady Chatterley
FRANCE/BELGIUM • DIRECTOR Pascale Ferran
Writer/director Pascale Ferran has created an electrifying and spellbinding adaptation that turns the period drama on its head, transforming Lady Chatterley into a frankly told story of physical and emotional awakening.
FRIDAY, JUN 29, 2:30 PM            SATURDAY, JUN 30, 9:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater                    The Landmark

My Best Friend (Mon meilleur ami)
FRANCE • DIRECTOR Patrice Leconte
Charming, poignant, and utterly entertaining, writer/director Patrice Leconte’s latest comic gem devilishly turns on a middle-aged man’s quixotic quest for friendship in our harried, modern times.
SATURDAY, JUN 30, 7:00 PM         SUNDAY, JUL 1, 12:00 PM
Majestic Crest                        The Landmark

The Year After (L’année suivante)
FRANCE • DIRECTOR Isabelle Czajka
Isabelle Czajka’s moving debut is a portrait of teenage alienation, as 17-year-old Emmanuelle struggles to find meaning in the cultural wasteland of suburban Paris following the death of her father.
FRIDAY, JUN 22, 4:30 PM            SATURDAY, JUN 23, 10:00 PM
The Landmark                        

Paraguayan Hammock (Hamaca Paraguaya)
Argentina/Austria/France/Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Paraguay • DIRECTOR Paz Encina
In the rural countryside, a peasant couple perform their everyday routines while waiting with stoic resignation for their only son to return from a far-off war.
SUNDAY, JUL 1, 2:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater

Triple Agent
France/Greece/Italy/Russia/Spain • DIRECTOR Eric Rohmer
An exiled Russian general to protect his beloved Greek-born wife from the truth of his secret dealings with both French Communists and German Nazis. Fictionalized from the facts of the notorious 1937 “L’affaire Skoblin/Miller.”
TUESDAY, JUN 26, 7:00 PM
Billy Wilder Theater

Half Moon (Niwemang)
IRAN/IRAQ/AUSTRIA/FRANCE• DIRECTOR Bahman Ghobadi
A legendary musician assembles his many instrument-wielding sons for a dangerous road trip to Iraq in Bahman Ghobadi’s stirring tribute to the long-suppressed cultural traditions of Kurdistan.
SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 4:00 PM          WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2:15 PM
Billy Wilder Theater                    Italian Cultural Institute

Dry Season (Daratt)
Austria/Belgium/Chad/France • DIRECTOR Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Teenage war orphan Atim journeys from his tiny village to the capital city on a mission to kill the man who years earlier murdered his father. His target turns out to be not a monster but a devoutly religious baker who gruffly takes the boy under his wing as an apprentice.
FRIDAY, JUN 29, 6:00 PM
Billy Wilder Theater
 
Love for Sale (O Cué de Suely)
Brazil/France/Germany/Portugal • DIRECTOR Karim Aïnouz
Returning home to a dusty and desolate rural town in northern Brazil, Hermila patiently waits with her newborn son for her husband to follow. However, it soon becomes painfully clear that he has abandoned them. Sexy, restless and resolute, she takes the name Suely and raffles off “a night in paradise” with herself.
SUNDAY, JUN 24, 9:30 PM           MONDAY, JUN 25, 2:30 PM
Landmark’s Regent                    
 
On the Rumba River (Le Batelier de la Rumba)
FRANCE • DIRECTOR Jacques Sarasin
Brimming with music and dance, On the Rumba River looks at the life and times of beloved Congolese musician Wendo Kolosoy. Throughout a career that spans decades, Papa Wendo has weathered personal hard times as well as Congo’s troubled political and economic history — all of which he’s faced with a combination of determination, humor and, of course, music.
THURSDAY, JUN 28, 7:00 PM         SATURDAY, JUN 30, 5:00 PM
Mann Festival Theatre                  Italian Cultural Institute

Syndromes and a Century (Sang sattawat)
THAILAND/AUSTRIA/FRANCE • DIRECTOR Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The foremost Thai creator of mysterious cinematic objects, Apichatpong Weerasethakul derives his latest magical concoction from the lives his own parents led before they became lovers.
SUNDAY, JUN 24, 7:00 PM           TUESDAY, JUN 26, 9:45 PM
Billy Wilder Theater                    The Landmark
 

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Hei yan quan)
TAIWAN/FRANCE/AUSTRIA • DIRECTOR Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwanese new wave maestro Tsai Ming-liang returns to his native Malaysia for this moody, deliberate meditation on desire and communication starring Lee Kang-sheng adrift in multiethnic contemporary Kuala Lumpur.
MONDAY, JUN 25, 7:00 PM           TUESDAY, JUN 26, 4:30 PM
Billy Wilder Theater                    Landmark’s Regent

[Home] [This Weeks Reviews] [Recent Reviews] [Review Archive] [A] [About A Boy] [Adventures of Pluto Nash] [AFTER THE WEDDING] [Against The ropes] [AI Artificial Intelligence] [Alex & Emma] [ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER] [Alfie] [ALIEN AUTOPSY] [Alien vs Predator] [An American Haunting] [Anchorman] [An Inconvenient Truth] [ANTIBODIES] [An Unfinished Life] [ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES] [B] [Banger Sisters, the] [Batman Begins] [Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell] [Beauty Shop] [Behind Enemy Lines] [Bewitched] [Beyond the Sea] [Big Fat Liar] [Big Dreams Little Tokyo] [Big Fish] [Birth] [Black Dahlia, The] [Black Knight] [Bobby] [Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down] [BREAKING AND ENTERING] [Break Up, The] [Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason] [Bringing Down the House] [BRUCE ALMIGHTY] [Bubble] [BUG] [BUSINESS JOHNSON] [C] [Calendar Girls] [Captain Corelli's Mandolin] [Catch Me If You Can] [Cats & Dogs] [Catwoman] [Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle] [CHARLOTTE’S WEB] [Cheaper by the Dozen] [CHICAGO] [Christmas with the Kranks] [Coffee Date] [Cold Mountain] [Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen] [The Constant Gardner] [The Cooler] [Corky Romano] [Corpse Bride] [The Count of Monte Cristo] [The Country Bears] [Crash] [Cries From Ramah] [Curious George] [COME EARLY MORNING] [CHALK] [CRAZY LOVE] [D] [Daredevil] [Dark Blue] [Darkness Falls] [The Day After Tomorrow] [DAYWATCH] [Dead Girl,The] [Death of Captain Pilecki] [De-Lovely] [DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK,The] [Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star] [Die Another Day] [DIVERGENCE] [Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood] [Doctor Dolittle 2] [Down with Love] [Dreamcatcher] [The Dreamers] [Dukes of Hazzard] [E] [Elf] [Enough] [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind] [Eulogy] [Evolution] [F] [Fateless] [Find Me Guilty] [Finding Nemo] [Finding Neverland] [Flyboys] [Freaky Friday] [Freddy vs Jason] [FULL GROWN MEN] [Funny Ha Ha] [FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS] [G] [Ghost Ship] [The Girl Next Door] [Girl With a Pearl Earring] [The Great Raid] [The Ground Truth] [The Guardian] [The Good German] [H] [Halloween: Resurrection] [Happy Feet] [Hardball] [Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets] [Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire] [Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban] [Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone] [HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX] [Haunted Mansion, The] [Holes] [Hollywood Homicide] [Hollywoodland] [The Host] [How To Deal] [How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days] [Human Stain] [HOAX, THE] [HOW TO ROB A BANK] [I] [Infamous] [In Memory Of Me] [Invincible] [i Spy] [Ice Harvest] [Ice Princess] [Identity] [Impostor] [Inconvenient Truth, An] [In Good Company] [In the Cut] [In-Laws, The] [Intolerable Cruelty] [J] [Jeepers Creepers] [Jeepers Creepers 2] [Jersey Girl] [Jiminy Glick in La La Wood] [Jurassic Park III] [JUST LIKE THE SON] [Just Married] [JUMP] [K] [King Kong] [L] [Lassie] [The L.A. Riot Spectacular] [Last Rites] [Lake House, The] [Lara Croft: Tomb Raider] [Laws of Attraction] [Legally Blonde] [Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde] [Libertine, The] [Little Manhattan] [Lizzie McGuire Movie, The] [LOOKOUT, The] [Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, The] [LONELY HEARTS] [M] [Moulin Rouge] [MARIE ANTOINETTE] [The Majestic] [Man of the House] [March of the Penguins] [Master and Commander] [The Matador] [Matchstick Men] [Mean Girls] [Men in Black II] [Minority Report] [Miracle] [The Missing] [Monster-in-Law] [Monsters, Inc.] [Moonlight Mile] [The Mothman Prophecies] [Mr. Deeds] [Mrs. Henderson Presents] [Murder by Numbers] [Mystic River] [Miss Potter] [Music and Lyrics] [MEMORIES OF TOMORROW] [N] [The Night Listener] [The Notorious Bettie Page] [National Lampoon's Van Wilder] [National Treasure] [The New Guy] [The New World] [The Notebook] [O] [Oceans Eleven] [One Hour Photo] [Open Range] [The Others] [Over The Hedge] [OPAL DREAM] [Oceans 13] [OWL AND THE SPARROW] [P] [The Pacifier] [The Passion of the Christ] [Pearl Harbor] [PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER] [Phantom of the Opera] [The Pill] [Pirates of the Caribbean] [Planet of The Apes] [Pooh's Heffalump Movie] [Poseidon] [The Princess Diaries] [The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement] [The Punisher] [PREMONITION] [Primer] [PRIDE] [PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END] [Q] [R] [ROCKY BALBOA] [Rat Race] [Red Dragon] [The Ring] [Rock Star] [The Rookie] [The Royal Tenenbaums] [RUGRATS GO WILD!] [Runaway Jury] [RV] [S] [SHREK THE THIRD] [Sixes and the One Eyed King] [SNOW CAKE] [SPIDER-MAN 3] [Straight Into Darkness] [T] [Trust The Man] [That Fall] [TRIPPER, THE] [TOWN THAT WAS,THE] [U] [Undead] [Under the Tuscan Sun] [The United States of Leland] [Uptown Girls] [V] [Van Helsing] [Vanity Fair] [The Village] [W] [Wannabe] [WILD HOGS] [WIZARD OF GORE] [X] [Y] [You Kill Me] [Z] [Zathura] [Top Ten] [Oscars] [2006 Oscar Watch] [2006 Nominees] [2007 Oscar watch] [Meet The Oscars] [2007 Nominees] [BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR & ACTRESS] [BEST PICTURE & BEST DIRECTOR] [Oscar Trivia] [Film Festivals] [2006 Film Festivals] [AFI  2006] [AFI FEST] [October 3 Press] [2006 Lineup] [2006 Jury Panels] [2006 MUST SEE] [LA Film Festival] [George Lucas] [Must See Festival Films!] [LA Film Festival Goes Green for a Day] [Competition Categories] [Narrative Feature Winner - Gretchen] [Last Rites] [The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell] [The Bicycle Film Festival] [Celebrate Two-Wheeled Transportation] [Dances with Films] [Must See Festival Films] [Sixes and the One Eyed King] [2005 Film Festivals] [LA Film Festival] [Final Wrap 2005] [2007 Film Festivals] [INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS] [LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL] [2007 Lineup] [May 23 Press] [Festival Map] [2007 Overview] [Champagne Spy,The] [Town That Was,The] [LAFF SPOTLIGHTS ROMANIAN FILM] [SEVERED WAYS] [BEAUTIFUL ORDINARY,THE] [BILLY THE KID] [SALTY AIR] [RAZZLE DAZZLE] [FLIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD] [French Films at LAFF] [Spirit of Independence Award] [DANCES WITH FILMS] [The Best Film Fest] [DAMAH FILM FESTIVAL] [Malibu Celebration of film] [May 2007 Press] [Coming Soon] [Studio Links] [Other Links] [Contact movie shark deblore] [WebMaster] [Industry Contact] [Straight To DVD] [Straight Into Darkness] [COME EARLY MORNING] [Trailers] [Photo Galleries] [AFI 2005] [AFI Photo Gallery 2005] [LAFF 2006] [The Movie Shark Collection] [Golden Globe Awards] [Legal]