One of the best French directors comes to LA with “Claude Chabrol Series”

By GalaTView staff

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From director Claude Chabrol, the most interesting “Claude Chabrol Series” come  to Los Angeles for a special one-week theatrical engagement. The best and realistic plots with remarkable behavior are coming up with: Read more

“April and the extraordinary world” is the best fun small-scale stuff

By GTWV staff

A story set in Paris, 1941. A family of scientists is on the brink of discovering a powerful longevity serum when all of a sudden a mysterious force abducts them, leaving their young daughter April behind. Ten years later, April lives alone with her dear cat, Darwin, and carries on her family’s research in secret. But she soon finds herself at the center of a shadowy and far-reaching conspiracy, and on the run from government agents, bicycle-powered dirigibles and cyborg rat spies. Undaunted, she continues her quest to find her parents and discover the truth behind their disappearance. Read more

The New Girlfriend has new face in these modern days

By Jenny Alvarez

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From Director François Ozon, The New Girlfriend is a humorous psychological drama begins after the death of her best friend, Claire falls into a deep depression, but a surprising discovery about her friend’s husband gives her a new taste for life. During 109 min. any viewer will enjoy the female friendships will reflect a well structured satire of sexuality full of fantasies with a sensitive portrayal of sexual & gender identity. This film also develops many subjects and the mystery unveils and the clichés disappear and the terrific, prolific and provocative cast by Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier, Raphaël Personnaz make it delightfully and enjoyable affair.

Black and French comedy in “Paulette”

By GTVW

During 87 minutes, Paulette discovers a surprising way to supplement her meager pension  an unlikely but successful career selling cannabis. With a talented cast such as Bernadette Lafont, Carmen Maura, Dominique Lavanant and Françoise Bertin, this film will make you laugh with dark and creative humor but full of contrasts as lack of opportunities for retired, hopeless for elderly. However Paulette makes special babysitting arrangements, and grudgingly watches her grandson. Her hostility toward him for his skin color and misconceptions about black French citizens makes this film very realistic, with great visual jokes and dense humor.  Definitely, director Jerome Enrico created a pure Granny Junkie.

A tale of brothers with deep feelings is coming with “Broken Horses”

By GTVW staff

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Their violent hometown reunion fails to convince two brothers who have to face too much violence in their lives. However, the laws of loyalty, and the futility of violence in the shadows of the US Mexico border gang wars will show a different point form a gritty, thriller about the bonds of brotherhood. Broken Horses, the English language debut film from award winning Indian writer/director/producer Vindhu Vinod Chopra (PK, 3 IDIOTS, PARINDA) has a particular style (surreal and experimental and melodramatic) – was smooth and consistent  during 100 minutes. With a well consistent starring Vincent D’Onofrio, Anton Yelchin, Chris Marquette, Maria Velverde, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Thomas Jane, the film promises an intriguing blend of genre elements such as brotherhood, complex reality of drug war in turbulent Mexican-American border and wrong choices that destroys lives, including everything that one loves. Definitely, a good film that makes a difference with the good, the bad and the ugly that sometimes our choices might have benefits or consequences.

La Sapienza offers you a tour about architecture and 17th-century culture

By Jenny Alvarez

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“La Sapienza” tells a love story that develops amid architecture, tempered emotions and artistic inspiration. The title of the film refers to one of the most extraordinary projects completed by Francesco Borromini: the Church of St. Yves at in Rome. During 1 hr. 40 min. the essence of humane urbanity and the relationships involved all the characters- Alexandre (Dardennes regular Fabrizio Rongione),Lavinia (Arianna Nastro), Goffredo (Ludovico Succio).

The most interesting part of this incredible film is most of the characters don’t exchange looks and move very rigidly, like some kind of concept theatre. They talk directly to the camera, avoiding each other.

This film definitely is full of detailed costume design, captured with its appropriately bright cinematography, “La Sapienza” is a chance for Eugène Green to offer a tour of his two favorite subjects: the French language and the art of the baroque period. At the end,  Green balances heart and mind as an unique film full of visual values and knowledge.

“3 Hearts” is part of passion in a love triangle

By Jenny Alvarez

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During 106 min. this great film (‘3 Coeurs’) with unique French style and contempo which involves a love triangle with a Parisian man Marc (Benoît Poelvoorde) who meets Sylvie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) after missing his train back to Paris. Instantly and intensely drawn to one another, they wander through the streets until morning in rare, almost choreographed, harmony. A thwarted plan for a second meeting sends each in a separate direction –Sylvie reunites with her ex and leaves France; Marc falls in love and marries.

What neither knows is that Marc’s new bride is Sylvie’s sister, Sophie (Chiara Mastroianni). Upon Sylvie’s return to France, the spark between her and Marc is reignited in ways that will forever alter the relationships between sister to sister and husband to wife.

This film reflects part of reality of life. Sometimes one moment changes our lives. Catherine Deneuve still looking quite remarkable. Many locations are settled in Paris and a provincial town south of Lyon. In general it’s powerfully emotional film that references great romances of the past. Even the whole film is spoken in French, you will have the English subtitles so some dialogues are more enjoyable in French; especially, if you understand the basics.

Before Midnight: One of the saddest in the trilogy

By Alfonso De Elías.

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We meet Celine and Jesse nine years after their last rendezvous. Almost two decades have passed since their first encounter on a train bound for Vienna, and we now find them in their early forties in Greece. Before the clock strikes midnight, we will again become part of their story. Starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke; with an amazing director Richard Linklater.

This third part is fascinating because it is seen as couples sometimes makes them a bit of arguing for a long time by any motive of intolerance and disrespect in couples, including different views of man and woman when cannot be adapt to enjoy a happy life.

It is an emotionally captivating film that should not be missed in a relationship where the wrong lifestyle of continuous discussion appears to be correct for a couple of mature adults who maybe don’t realize about the damage they inflict.

Renoir is a touch of love on a canvas

By Jenny Alvarez

Set on the French Riviera in 1915, RENOIR follows Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Michel Bouquet), who is tormented by the loss of his wife, the pains of arthritis, and the news that his son Jean (Vincent Rottiers) has been wounded in action. When the incandescent Andrée, aka Dédé (newcomer Christa Théret,) miraculously enters his world, the artist is filled with an unexpected energy. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful Dédé will become Renoir’s last model inspiring some of his most renowned works including Les baigneuses (The Bathers). Back at the family home in Cagnes-sur-Mer to convalesce, Jean too falls under the spell of the new, redheaded star in the Renoir firmament. In their Mediterranean Eden, and in the face of his father’s fierce opposition, he falls in love with this wild, untamable spirit, and as he does so, within weak-willed, battle-shaken Jean, a filmmaker begins to grow.

This film has the complex relationship between father and son. Pierre-Auguste may be haunted by the loss of his younger wife and fearful of what might befall two of his sons serving during World War 1, but painting is still his life. Renoir includes his sense that wars shatter natural cross-border fraternities, the harshness of the class prejudices, the increasing disrespect for culture and also how his last muse was. This film is full of beautiful scenes of the countryside and some dialogues are plain but witty in some contents of Renoir’s canvasses into a visual blast of natural color and sound on the big screen full of romantic attentions in 111 minutes (A little long so you should be full of energy otherwise it could be very boring).

Princess Lilian of Sweden suffered from Alzheimer and died

By GalaTView.com

Welsh-born Princess Lilian of Sweden, died at 97. In a touching royal romance, Welsh-born Princess Lilian and her Bertil kept their love unofficial for decades and were both in their 60s when they finally received the king’s blessing to get married.