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Skillfully directed and beautifully acted, Memoir of War retains much of Duras' enigmatic, complex human tendencies during war time. Like her other works, it draws from her experiences and amplifies/embelishes many of her major themes - desires, suffering, shame, survivor's guilt, memories....

It's a big challenge to adapt a book by one of the literary giants, Margeurite Duras. Known for her enigmatic, erotically charged, fiercely political writings and films, Duras was one of the key figures in the most significant French literary...

Classical cinema makes a return to the big screen in the engrossing adventure-drama See You Up There, a period yarn based on the novel of the same name by ace mystery thriller writer Pierre Lemaitre. Combining imagination, humor and heart...

The press notes for the original Belgian comics upon which the big-screen adaptation Largo Winch is based sounds like the stuff of thrilling high pulp: "What if," creator Jean Van Hamme asks, "the son of the richest man in the...

Advertised primarily as a complex love triangle amidst the Christian-French wars, Marie de Mezières forcefully marries a suitable heir but is deeply unhappy and quietly torn between him and other prominent men in her life.   I have become quite...

"The Princess of Montpensier" is a fine mix of many things. It's a tangled five-way romance. It's a sober history lesson. It's a rousing wartime costume drama. It's a harsh look at female royalty coming of age. Some of...