Posts Tagged ‘foreign films’
Intouchables: Comédie Noire
France grapples with race beneath the surface of this feted buddy movie.KRISTIAN LIN
Officially, France is a colorblind society. Unofficially, many French people of color don’t have access to the same economic and educational opportunities that white people do. This is a big reason why black and Arab youths r...
Monsieur Lazhar: Bonjour, Classe
This Canadian school drama is smart but too well-behaved.KRISTIAN LIN
The French-Canadian drama Monsieur Lazhar was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film this past year, and there were observers who tipped the movie to take home the statuette. It wound up losing to A Separation, ...