The World is Yours

Netflix has stepped up their French film game with a new snappy group action comedy, served straight up with a twist: The World is Yours (Le monde est à toi, 2018).

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Wedding Unplanned

Sometimes you just need a classic situational comedy to lift your spirits and tickle your funny bone.

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Un + Une

A picturesque and exotic romance took hold of us this week starring one of France's most dashing heroes, Jean Dujardin. 

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A Mighty Team

A Mighty Team (La dream team, 2016is the type of feel good movie that can melt the hardest of hearts, but doesn't overwhelm you with "the mushy stuff".

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Beauty and the Beast

Oops, just missed it! This film is no longer available on Netflix streaming or DVD. You can never have too many cinematic depictions of the beloved French tale, Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et La Bête, 2014).

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Nothing to Hide

Do you have something to hide on that mobile device you're glued to? These people do.

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Standing Tall

Oops, just missed it! This film is no longer available on Netflix streaming or DVD. A brave and daring story of painful childhood and abandonment, but also of complicated parenthood graced our screens on Netflix this week.

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Diary of a Chambermaid

Oops, just missed it! This film is no longer available on Netflix streaming or DVD. That was a spooky week! Time to dial it back this evening with the intriguingly beautiful period drama, Diary of a Chambermaid (Journal d'une femme de chambre, 2015). Lea Seydoux is enchanting as the embittered Célestine, a young chambermaid sent to work for the wealthy Lanlaire couple in Normandy.

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10 Jours en or

Feeling cynical? Perhaps Nicolas Brossette's 10 jours en or (2012) will soften your hardened heart.

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Sex Doll

The French are never afraid to tackle a compelling prostitution drama, and we found ourselves engrossed in an interesting one this week.

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