M. Leary

L'Intrus (Denis, 2004) – EIFF 2004

(Ed. Note: This was originally published at Image Facts.) L’Intrus opens on a French/Swiss border crossing, a regulated point through which foreign people and objects are allowed to enter at some amount of risk. In the first act of L’Intrus we do catch glimpses of illegal immigrants and goods making their way through the forest near this checkpoint, perhaps […]

M. Leary

Friday Night (Denis, 2002)

Friday Night had such a limited theatrical release that a recent DVD release merits discussing it. Well, that and the fact that it simply is a film worth talking about that didn’t get talked about very much. Adapted from a novel of the same name by Emmanuele Bernheim (who also has written the recent scriptsSwimming Pool and Under […]