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      Lisa Nesselson

      Lisa Nesselson

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      In her capacity as a reviewer for Variety (Variety.com), a columnist for The Paris Free Voice (parisvoice.com) and a contributor to FilmScouts (filmscouts.com) and Eurocinema (eurocinema.com), Paris-based Chicagoan Lisa Nesselson sees 400+ films a year and has contingency plans to make her living by reciting the plots to the good ones if the Millennium Bug makes it impossible to ever watch a movie again.

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      Bonnard, Pierre & Marthe (2023) There should be at least a small audience in every country with an art museum for Bonnard, Pierre And Marthe, a touching, visually fetching and educational look at the intertwining of art and stubborn romance. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 22, 2023
      Goodbye Julia (2023) A gut-wrenching and emotionally rewarding tale of religious persecution compounded by entrenched racism, Goodbye Julia may be set in Sudan between 2005 and 2010 but feels deeply pertinent and, unfortunately, timeless. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 20, 2023
      The Rapture (2023) Hafsia Herzi gives a consistently suspenseful, ever so slightly off-kilter performance. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 20, 2023
      Jeanne du Barry (2023) This is not great or memorable filmmaking but the power of the story and some of the performances make up for that. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 16, 2023
      The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023) Offers all the sprightly action, jaunty repartee and sumptuous settings a contemporary movie-goer could possibly want. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted Apr 05, 2023
      The Crime Is Mine (2023) Several generations of France’s finest thespians are clearly enjoying themselves in this stylish tale of how notoriety — even for presumed murder — need not be the slightest impediment to social and professional rewards. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted Mar 24, 2023
      Simone: Woman of the Century (2021) An ambitious, frequently didactic but unquestionably educational look at the truly remarkable French politician Simone Veil. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted Nov 18, 2022
      Our Ties (2022) Our Ties is a completely contemporary, obviously personal and ultimately uplifting entry in Zem’s wide-ranging filmography. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted Sep 13, 2022
      Leila's Brothers (2022) Excellent performances anchor this gripping family drama about gender and succession in Iran. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 25, 2022
      The Super 8 Years (2022) [A] bittersweet look at the passage of time, delivered with a compelling blend of personal intimacy and broader societal upheaval... - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 24, 2022
      Summer Scars (2022) Enormous thought obviously went into the way the tale unfolds and the director has visual inspiration to spare. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 23, 2022
      November (2022) Muscular in execution but frequently messy in its story-telling. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 23, 2022
      Brother and Sister (2022) The central protagonists are textbook characters from a very entertaining textbook. This should find takers wherever intelligent, serious drama tinged with humour is welcome. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 21, 2022
      The Night of the 12th (2022) A deft and satisfying police procedural in command of its unusual tone, The Night of the 12th (La Nuit du 12) is perfectly cast and constructed with quietly thrilling rigour. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 20, 2022
      Scarlet (2022) [A] leisurely and affecting tale... - Screen International
      Read More | Posted May 18, 2022
      Feathers (2021) Less of a feel-good movie, more of a feel-bored movie. Which is unfortunate, because it really does get off to a fetching start in the first 15 minutes or so. - France24
      Read More | Posted Apr 15, 2022
      Broken Keys (2020) Jimmy Keyrouz draws inspiration from true events in Syria for his début feature, while providing a hopeful perspective on the battle between religious extremism and the arts. - France24
      Read More | Posted Apr 15, 2022
      Vortex (2021) Vortex discovers how the gentle decline of an intellectual couple prompts poignant questions about our own existence. - France24
      Read More | Posted Apr 15, 2022
      Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021) It offers terrific insights into the lives of its women characters. - France24
      Read More | Posted Apr 15, 2022
      Notre Dame on Fire (2022) Mostly thrilling, despite the occasional groan-worthy line of dialogue or borderline dopey secondary character. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted Mar 19, 2022
      Arthur Rambo (2021) I was disappointed to the point of irritation. It should be real food for thought but comes off as didactic and wearisome. - France24
      Read More | Posted Feb 25, 2022
      Maigret (2022) In Maigret, Patrice Leconte delivers a wonderfully atmospheric, delectably melancholy portrait of the titular police inspector as he attempts to identify a young murder victim in 1950s Paris. - Screen International
      Read More | Posted Feb 24, 2022
      Persian Lessons (2020) Nahuel Pérez Biscayart puts his polyglot talents to good use... - France24
      Read More | Posted Feb 01, 2022
      Playground (2021) Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel paints a troubling portrait of childhood. - France24
      Read More | Posted Feb 01, 2022
      C'mon C'mon (2021) A touching adult-child relationship develops in Mike Mills' latest film with a low-key plot and an aesthetic appeal... - France24
      Read More | Posted Feb 01, 2022
      Spencer (2021) Stewart captures the essence of being in an oppressive environment. - France24
      Read More | Posted Jan 19, 2022
      Nightmare Alley (2021) It's hard to recommend this film when I found the 1947 version (even its poster) to be so much more satisfying. - France24
      Read More | Posted Jan 19, 2022
      West Side Story (2021) When Spielberg makes a film, it's a film all the way. - France24
      Read More | Posted Dec 30, 2021
      The Card Counter (2020) Intelligent, rich, pertinent, tense storytelling for grownups. The stakes feel real. - France24
      Read More | Posted Dec 30, 2021
      Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) I think Holland is incredibly talented... - France24
      Read More | Posted Dec 30, 2021
      A Hero (2021) Farhadi, who already made an instant classic...has found enormous success. - France24
      Read More | Posted Dec 30, 2021
      Aline (2021) The concept is almost psychedelic, with the matter-of-fact bending of time and space...this shouldn't work, but it does, and in my opinion, beautifully and with humor. - France24
      Read More | Posted Nov 24, 2021
      Magnetic Beats (2021) The freedom is extraordinary...intoxicating... - France24
      Read More | Posted Nov 24, 2021
      Cry Macho (2021) At 91 years old, actor and director Clint Eastwood is still bringing his quiet intensity to the big screen, in stories that explore the dustier corners of the American experience. - France24
      Read More | Posted Nov 10, 2021
      Three Floors (2021) I don't particularly enjoy Moretti's movies, and I don't think this one is very good...but there is one device that really got to me... - France24
      Read More | Posted Nov 10, 2021
      Eiffel (2021) Ambitious, handsomely appointed and unapologetically old-fashioned... - Screen International
      Read More | Posted Oct 13, 2021
      No Time to Die (2021) It entertains and it's definitely worth a trip to the theater...sampling itself while straddling old and new... - France24
      Read More | Posted Oct 06, 2021
      Flag Day (2021) Mysterious is fine, but frustratingly opaque is not. - France24
      Read More | Posted Oct 06, 2021
      City of Lies (2018) A complex tale about a still-unsolved homicide. - France24
      Read More | Posted Sep 21, 2021
      Dune (2021) The case can be made that it's women who really run this universe... - France24
      Read More | Posted Sep 21, 2021
      The Night House (2020) Rebecca Hall does a very, very good job, and this is genuinely scary. - France24
      Read More | Posted Sep 21, 2021
      Supernova (2020) A modest but absolutely loving film that's very involving thanks to wonderful performances... - France24
      Read More | Posted Sep 21, 2021
      Pleasure (2021) The involving and edifying tale of a young woman..,. - France24
      Read More | Posted Sep 21, 2021
      JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021) An extremely rigorous and amazingly-interesting film. - France24
      Read More | Posted Sep 21, 2021
      Ahed's Knee (2021) Fans who love this director's work really love it. I'm not one of them yet, but he's unquestionably a gifted filmmaker with strong personal ideas to convey... - France24
      Read More | Posted Sep 21, 2021
      Charlatan (2020) The acting and production design are both top-notch. - France24
      Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2021
      French Tech (2020) Bruno Podalydès skewers the jargon-infested, productivity-obsessed contemporary world of work in French Tech... - France24
      Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2021
      Teddy (2020) The brothers are definitely talents to watch... - France24
      Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2021
      Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020) It's clear Newton was a considerate man and a superb collaborator...really entertaining film. - France24
      Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2021
      Titane (2021) The film is leveled by its humor... - France24
      Read More | Posted Jul 27, 2021
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