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Claire Denis’ Next Film Is The African-Set ‘The Fence’ & Has No Plans To Retire

March 6, 2024 1:16 pm

At 77 years young and with nearly 20 feature-length films under her belt, French filmmaker Claire Denis is still going strong with no plans to retire. In a new interview with Screen Daily at a Qumra event in D...

Chantal Akerman’s ‘Jeanne Dielman’ Tops Sight And Sound’s 2022 Poll For Greatest Films Of All Time

Ned Booth

December 1, 2022 3:14 pm

News

Move over, Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock, there's a new director at the top of BFI's "Greatest Films Of All Time" critics' poll. And it's none other than Chantal Akerman, whose 1975 "Jean Dielman, 23, Quai...

‘Stars At Noon’: Claire Denis & Margaret Qualley On Slow-Dancing, Getting Lost & Staying ”Inside The Frame” [NYFF]

Isaac Feldberg

October 13, 2022 4:35 pm

Features, Festivals, Interviews, News

The centerpiece of Claire Denis’ “Stars at Noon” plays out in a stilled, near-empty nightclub suffused with violet light, where two strangers in a strange land share a moment of swooning intimacy. We glimpse T...

‘Stars At Noon’ Trailer: Margaret Qualley & Joe Alwyn Star In Claire Denis’ Erotic Political Thriller On October 14

Oliver Weir

September 29, 2022 9:00 am

News, Trailers

What a year 2022 has been for French director Claire Denis. Back in February, her film “Both Sides of the Blade” (formerly known as “Fire”) premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Then in May, her romantic thri...

‘Both Sides Of The Blade’: Juliette Binoche Talks Trust With Director Claire Denis, “Warm Pool” Sex Scenes & More

Charles Bramesco

July 7, 2022 9:17 am

Interviews, News

This interview was originally conducted in March during Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendezvous with French Cinema program. This year, Juliette Binoche pulls double duty in Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendezvous w...

Claire Denis Talks ‘Both Sides Of The Blade,’ Working With Juliette Binoche Again & More [Interview]

Charles Bramesco

July 5, 2022 1:56 pm

Interviews, News

This interview was conducted in March during Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with French Cinema. The incomparable Claire Denis has come to New York City for Film at Lincoln Center’s Rendez-vous with Fr...

‘Both Sides Of The Blade’ Trailer: Juliette Binoche Plays Clarie Denis’ Romantic Muse Again In New Love Triangle Drama

Noah Thompson

June 22, 2022 11:00 am

News, Trailers

Hearing about the new Claire Denis drama felt like playing a game of hot potato earlier in the year. Was the film named “Fire,” as its original English title was announced to be? Or was it “Both Sides of the B...

‘The Stars At Noon’ Review: Margaret Qualley & Joe Alwyn Sweat It Out In Claire Denis’ Seductive Misfire [Cannes]

Charles Bramesco

May 26, 2022 8:59 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

“The Stars at Noon” finds the French filmmaker Claire Denis shooting in Panama doubling for Nicaragua; directing a cast of Yanks, Brits, and assorted Central Americans; and working from a script switching betw...

Joe Alwyn On ‘The Stars At Noon’: “I Was Never Going To Say No To Working With Claire Denis”

Ned Booth

May 25, 2022 2:03 pm

Festivals, News

A new film by Claire Denis is always a cause for excitement. And fans of the French director are in for a treat in 2022, with two new films from Denis premiering this year. "Both Sides Of The Blade" already ha...

‘Stars At Noon’: Benny Safdie, John C. Reilly Also Star In Claire Denis’ Cannes Drama

Edward Davis

May 2, 2022 11:59 am

News

Did you know that despite having a career that has spanned four decades, celebrated French filmmaker Claire Denis has only had four of her films ever premiere at the Cannes Film Festival? And it’s been 24 year...

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