A French Family Saga, Painted on Porcelain. Olivier Assayas's grandly ambitious film is set among the bourgeois Protestant families of the Limoges region of France in the 20th century. By A. O. Scott. [
New York Times: Movies]
She's Ready for Shrinking. "I don't always see my movies right away," said Emmanuelle Béart, the stunning French actress who stars in Olivier Assayas's "Les Destinées." By Dave Kehr. [
New York Times: Movies]
«At a San Francisco porn studio, industrial sex toys run rampant.
«The BattleBots have invaded the bedroom, courtesy of a pornographic Web site that streams videos of women having sex with monstrous machines. It's a twisted garage mechanic's fantasy of what sex would be like if all the men had been replaced by mechanical bulls.
«Here, sexual prowess is measured in torque and horsepower.»
BattleBots in the Bedroom, an article on Fuckingmachines.com by Katharine Mieszkowski in Salon.com
Unlikely Star Captivates the French. For an actress of 25 who graduated from the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in June, Rachida Brakni's screen and stage career has begun on an impressive note.
By Alan Riding. [New York Times: Arts]