Emmanuelle review – dismal remake of 1974 French erotic film Noémie Merlant and Will Sharpe star in Audrey Diwan’s life-sapping romp The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025
Director Audrey Diwan: ‘I understand why remaking Emmanuelle is dangerous... but let them shout, I don’t care’ The award-winning director on taking on the X-rated film that still carries cultural baggage and making the film ‘I probably needed as a woman’ Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2025
Emmanuelle review – 70s odyssey of saucy self awakening gets a Hong Kong-set makeover Noémie Merlant, Naomi Watts and Will Sharpe languish in a luxurious hotel in Audrey Diwan’s self-conscious remake of the classic French softcore drama The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025
'Emmanuelle': A remake of an erotic phenomenon for our era It was a low-budget, erotic film that became the most successful French movie of the time. "Emmanuelle" went on to be the symbol of the sexual liberation and free love of the 1970s. Fifty years after Just Jaeckin's softcore movie first became a global phenomenon, a remake is being released… France 24 · Sep 25, 2024
Cannes Film Festival 2024 highlights: our verdict is in What to watch or not to watch – cut to the Cannes Film Festival 2024 highlights Wallpaper · May 28, 2024
The Balconettes review – neighbours finding trouble in invitation to hot guy’s flat Noémie Merlant’s first film as a director is relentlessly silly, self-indulgent and unsuited to its themes of misogyny and sexual violence The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2024
Stranger Things and White Lotus star's erotic drama Emmanuelle teases first look Jamie Campbell Bower, Will Sharpe, and Noémie Merlant are set to front Audrey Diwan's follow-up to Happening Total Film · Dec 19, 2023
The Innocent review – hardened cons go romcom in appealing French caper Louis Garrel directs and stars in a droll movie that builds a madcap momentum The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023
New movies out this week: Jun 7-13 New releases that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure. Bangkok Post · Jun 7, 2023
The Innocent lands Louis Garrel in a screwball crime plot that makes for easy comic viewing French actor-director Louis Garrel is perhaps best known as a heartthrob, but his latest film is a delirious family comedy inspired by his mum. ABC News · Apr 12, 2023
Film show: 'Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Amongst Thieves', the new fantasy blockbuster From the big family fantasy blockbuster "Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Amongst Thieves" to this week's big French-language release, "Les Âmes sœurs" or "Soul Mates" by André Téchiné, which stars Benjamin Voisin and Noémie Merlant as siblings with a secret in their past, critic Emma Jones speaks to Eve Jackson about… France 24 · Apr 12, 2023
Tár review: Cate Blanchett is at her best in a nuanced take on #MeToo and cancel culture Todd Field’s film is essentially about the whirlpools of discourse around #MeToo and ‘cancel culture’, but rarely in a way that feels like a polemic The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023