Tag: bertrandbonello
COMA Review: Dealing with Lockdown, An Isolated Fever Dream
Bertrand Bonello wrote and directed; Louise Labeque and Julia Faure star.
Bertrand Bonello's COMA Heads for U.S. Release
As soon as I hit 'publish' on my article on films by director Bertrand Bonello that are now streaming, I realized I forgot to mention his penultimate film, Coma, which is currently not streaming. Then came the very welcome news...
Now Streaming: Bertrand Bonello's Cinematic House of Pleasures
As 'The Beast' continues to roll out its U.S. release, four films by the French director are now available to stream.
THE BEAST Review: Lovers Beset By a Sense of Doom
Léa Seydoux and George MacKay star in a film by director Bertrand Bonello.
New York 2023 Review: THE BEAST, Hefty Ideas Swirl Around, Stylized to Perfection
Léa Seydoux and George Mackay star in director Bertrand Bonello's new film, my frontrunner for the best film of 2023.
Now Streaming: ZOMBI CHILD Digs Deep As It Journeys Home
Director Bertrand Bonello dabbles in the zombie movie genre and turns it into a cautionary tale in post-colonial, multi-ethnic France, now streaming on The Criterion Channel.
Review: ZOMBI CHILD, Voodoo Is Not For You
Director Bertrand Bonello dabbles in the zombie movie genre and turns it into a cautionary tale in the post-colonial, multi-ethnic France.
New York 2019: Bertrand Bonello's ZOMBI CHILD Is a Warning to White Folks: Don't Mess with Voodoo
'Zombi Child' digs deeper into hasty western appropriation of everything non-European, non-Anglo American culture. It disregards the cultural, historical, ethnographical significance of the origins of a zombie in exchange for sensationalism. Narcisse's journey back home is more interesting story here.
Review: NOCTURAMA, Bertrand Bonello's Controversial Cinematic Stunt Is Not as Scary as Reality
With Nocturama, Bonello might be reflecting the bottled up anger and blowing off steam of young people in the chaotic world which they inherited. But I wish it is that simple. Because we all know that the world we are living in now is much darker and much more sinister place, unfortunately.
Review: SAINT LAURENT, Drinking, Screwing Around, And Smoking Like A Chimney
The gilded life of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has received the big screen treatment twice in recent times. The first was the paint by the numbers biopic Yves Saint Laurent, a gentle, actor's film made with the full collaboration...
Cannes 2014 Review: SAINT LAURENT is Stylish, Fun and Empty
For the second time this year, the gilded life of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is getting the big screen treatment. The first was the paint by the numbers biopic Yves Saint Laurent, a gentle, actor's film made with...