Movie review: Elle. 21 Dec, 2016 2:30pm. 2 minutes to read. Isabelle Huppert in a scene from the film, Elle. Francesca Rudkin. By: Francesca Rudkin.
8 Nov 2016 Elle Dir. Paul Verhoeven, France/Germany/Belgium, Sony Pictures Verhoeven has insisted that the film is not an erotic thriller after the 14 Dec 2016 One reviewer on IMDb.com aptly described Starship Troopers as a “pro/anti”-war movie. This bombastic science-fiction action movie adopted 12 Sep 2016 Elle, the director's first French-language film, pairs Verhoeven with an actress whose work is equally as shocking as his own. This alliance of the 7 Nov 2016 A quick review on the confrontational Elle. Verhoeven directed Robocop and Starship Troopers; two films that, under the guise of a pulpy 24 Oct 2016 Film Review: Elle (2016) mentally, and what it could mean if she involves the police/media is something Verhoeven verbalises in Elle. 11 Nov 2016 Verhoeven returns to film after ten years with perhaps the year's most incisive film . 13/06/38 · Elle review – revenge of an ice queen Yet Elle remains less a thriller than a On the film I remain conflicted, but of Huppert I am in awe. She may not have won the Oscar but, frankly
10 Mar 2017 In this review. ELLE. Various cinemas. “Dis-moi sans sucre”, her ex-husband asks the heroine of the startling new film Elle, wanting her opinion 10 Mar 2017 You could say Verhoeven has translated his own Basic Instinct into French, but this film benefits from the change of setting and will spark 12 Jan 2017 This is a strange woman, and “Elle” is a strange movie. Week in Review: weekly recap of top headlines; Madison Life: weekly arts and Movie review: Elle. 21 Dec, 2016 2:30pm. 2 minutes to read. Isabelle Huppert in a scene from the film, Elle. Francesca Rudkin. By: Francesca Rudkin. 30 Nov 2016 Elle is instead a deadly serious and deeply reasoned film about rape, not solely from the director's point of view—Verhoeven doesn't examine 8 Nov 2016 Elle Dir. Paul Verhoeven, France/Germany/Belgium, Sony Pictures Verhoeven has insisted that the film is not an erotic thriller after the 14 Dec 2016 One reviewer on IMDb.com aptly described Starship Troopers as a “pro/anti”-war movie. This bombastic science-fiction action movie adopted
11/06/38 · Elle defies genre: it mixes humour, horror, thrills and melodrama, but above all else it is a slice of the life of Michèle Leblanc, one of the most interesting female characters in cinema for a long time. Verhoeven certainly hasn't lost his touch in this daringly original film, but Isabelle Huppert even more so proves her continued desire to Je, Tu, Il, Elle. 1974 Directed by Chantal Akerman. Synopsis 'Je' is a girl voluntarily locked in a room. 'Tu' is the script. This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth. Perhaps because of the focus on food throughout the film, especially the sugar and the neat … 07/05/25 · 'The Notebook" cuts between the same couple at two seasons in their lives. We see them in the urgency of young romance, and then we see them as old people, she disappearing into the shadows of Alzheimer's, he steadfast in his love. It is his custom every day to read to her from a notebook that tells the story of how they met and fell in love and faced obstacles to their happiness. Sometimes 07/06/38 · Read the Empire Movie review of Elle. Huppert has always been good, but she’s never been better than this. Often shocking, surprisingly Daddy Issues. Paul Verhoeven’s penchant for violence and fucking finds its ultimate expression in Elle – a French made drama centred on rape and psychosexual headfuckery.In keeping with the Dutch destroyer’s iconoclastic bent, this is not cinema’s standard take on sexual violence. 30/03/38 · In Elle, for example, a house decorated with a huge Christmas Nativity scene actually hides something much darker. But while certain images and ideas are powerful, it's not hard to solve the movie's big mystery, and the wrap-up is a bit rushed and tidy for the movie's 130-minute running time.
Elle review: "Paul Verhoeven and Isabelle Huppert are at the top of their game" A complex film that sidesteps every cliché. Paul Verhoeven and Isabelle Huppert are at the top of their game
12 Apr 2018 Film of the week: Elle – far deeper (and more disquieting) than a rape-revenge thriller. Isabel Huppert's darkly defiant bourgeois renegade turns 11 Nov 2016 She does not call the police. Instead, she orders food. It's hard to picture this woman shedding a tear. Ever. The opening sequence of "Elle" is just 24 Jan 2017 Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 Elle belongs to Isabelle Huppert and stands out as one of her most seditious portrayals, a considerable 11 Nov 2016 Top Critic. I haven't been so gripped by a film in a long time, but I'm still not sure if my intense engagement with Elle was for the right reasons. 11 Nov 2016 Paul Verhoeven's film is a psychological thriller, a strangely dry-eyed melodrama, a kinky sex farce and a savage comedy of bourgeois Isabelle Huppert in Elle (2016) Isabelle Huppert and Nicolas Winding Refn at an event Paul Verhoeven's second feature film in the 'Official Competition' at the Cannes International Film Festival. 19 of 39 people found this review helpful.