From France With Love: Gender And Identity In French Romantic Comedy
By Mary Harrod (I. B. Tauris, £62/ $99)264 pages. Hardback. Isbn: 9781784533588
Review by Diane Rodgers
French romantic comedy has been enjoying something of a popularity boom, beginning slowly in the 1990s and showing no sign of waning two decades later. The 'comédie romantique' (still a relatively new term in the French language) now firmly standardised as a popular film genre in France. The rom-com genre has outperformed all others financially, responsible for around 50% of domestic box office takings and the lion's share of French film production. So why, Mary Harrod poses, has the area been so badly neglected by scholarly research?
This book is not, perhaps, for those with a casual or passing interest in the genre; some degree of academic knowledge and awareness of related literature is assumed here. However, throughout the study, Harrod makes a strong case for academic...
By Mary Harrod (I. B. Tauris, £62/ $99)264 pages. Hardback. Isbn: 9781784533588
Review by Diane Rodgers
French romantic comedy has been enjoying something of a popularity boom, beginning slowly in the 1990s and showing no sign of waning two decades later. The 'comédie romantique' (still a relatively new term in the French language) now firmly standardised as a popular film genre in France. The rom-com genre has outperformed all others financially, responsible for around 50% of domestic box office takings and the lion's share of French film production. So why, Mary Harrod poses, has the area been so badly neglected by scholarly research?
This book is not, perhaps, for those with a casual or passing interest in the genre; some degree of academic knowledge and awareness of related literature is assumed here. However, throughout the study, Harrod makes a strong case for academic...
- 8/2/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Other guests of the festival will include Hollywood actress Laura Dern and French actress Fanny Ardant as well as directors Alice Rohrwacher, Bong Joon-ho and David Mackenzie among others.
Mel Gibson is to receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), which runs July 4-12.
The actor and filmmaker will attend the festival in the Czech Republic to receive the honour and present a screening of his most recent work as a director, the 2006 action-adventure Apocalypto.
The Crystal Globe is the festival’s highest award and has been presented in previous years to John Travolta and Helen Mirren.
Gibson is best known for his roles in Mad Max and the Lethal Weapon series as well as for his award-winning turns as director of Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ. He will next be seen in action sequel The Expendables 3.
Festival [link=tt...
Mel Gibson is to receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), which runs July 4-12.
The actor and filmmaker will attend the festival in the Czech Republic to receive the honour and present a screening of his most recent work as a director, the 2006 action-adventure Apocalypto.
The Crystal Globe is the festival’s highest award and has been presented in previous years to John Travolta and Helen Mirren.
Gibson is best known for his roles in Mad Max and the Lethal Weapon series as well as for his award-winning turns as director of Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ. He will next be seen in action sequel The Expendables 3.
Festival [link=tt...
- 6/24/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
PARIS -- French actress Fanny Ardant will preside over the 29th Cesar Awards, France's top film honors, the organizers said Monday. Ardant, who won the best actress Cesar in 1997 for her role as the owner of a gay bar in the comedy Pedale Douce, has been nominated four times for the awards. Her latest film, Nathalie, in which she plays a jealous wife who befriends a prostitute (Emmanuelle Beart) to understand her husband (Gerard Depardieu) better, is currently playing in Paris. Veteran actress Micheline Presle will be honored at the ceremony Feb. 21 at Paris' Theatre du Chatelet. The awards will be transmitted live on French TV channel Canal Plus. Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Bon Voyage and Alain Resnais' Pas sur la Bouche (Not on the Mouth) received 11 and nine nominations, respectively (HR 1/26). The 3,300-plus members of the Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema will vote for the best of French cinema, as well as for the best European and international films of 2003.
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.