It's been a while since we've talked about Laurent Cantet's "Foxfire," and well, that's because there hasn't been much to talk about. While the movie marks the director's followup to his Palme d'Or-winning "The Class," when it premiered last year at Tiff, it didn't make much noise, and as far as we know, it's still without any U.S. distribution. But the movie has already opened across the pond, and as such, two clips from the movie have arrived. In adapting Joyce Carol Oates' celebrated novel, Cantet rounded up some newcomers—Claire Mazerolle, Kate Coseni and Madeleine Bisson—to lead the story of five teenagers from a small town in New York State in the 1950s who, out of their distrust of society, form a secret group called Foxfire to avenge the humiliations they have suffered at the hands of men. And if anything, these two scenes showcase...
- 8/14/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15)
(Declan Lowney, 2013, UK) Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Felicity Montagu, Anna Maxwell Martin. 90 mins
Coogan's comic alter-ego goes big screen at last, but fear not: he's just as pathetically provincial and inadvertently offensive as he ever was – and just as consistently hilarious. A siege situation at Partridge's Norfolk radio station is the excuse to "open out" the scenario and explore the talk DJ's latent heroic side, but – as usual – the day is saved by Coogan's deft characterisation, some great writing and a love/hate fascination with Middle English mediocrity.
The Lone Ranger (12A)
(Gore Verbinski, 2013, Us) Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer. 149 mins
Where Verbinski and Depp struck a great action-comedy balance with Pirates Of The Caribbean (and Rango), attempts...
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15)
(Declan Lowney, 2013, UK) Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Felicity Montagu, Anna Maxwell Martin. 90 mins
Coogan's comic alter-ego goes big screen at last, but fear not: he's just as pathetically provincial and inadvertently offensive as he ever was – and just as consistently hilarious. A siege situation at Partridge's Norfolk radio station is the excuse to "open out" the scenario and explore the talk DJ's latent heroic side, but – as usual – the day is saved by Coogan's deft characterisation, some great writing and a love/hate fascination with Middle English mediocrity.
The Lone Ranger (12A)
(Gore Verbinski, 2013, Us) Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer. 149 mins
Where Verbinski and Depp struck a great action-comedy balance with Pirates Of The Caribbean (and Rango), attempts...
- 8/10/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Laurent Cantet's followup to his prizewinning The Class focuses on a secret society of high-school girls, with faultless performances all round
Adapted from Joyce Carol Oates' teen-empowerment novel, Laurent Cantet's follow up to the Palme d'Or-winner The Class excavates the mindset of another group of awkward, rebellious teenagers, this time in smalltown America in the 1950s. Foxfire is the name given to a secret society of high-school girls determined to fight back against sexual abuse and day-to-day sexism; they are led by the charismatic Legs (Raven Adamson), and include the beefy Goldie (Claire Mazerolle), boy-mad Rita (Madeleine Bisson), and serious-minded Maddy (Katie Coseni), through whose narrative voice we see events proceed. Cantet extracts faultless performances from his cast, most of whom are on a film set for the first time, and evokes the period effortlessly. At well over two hours, Foxfire never feels long; though it unravels...
Adapted from Joyce Carol Oates' teen-empowerment novel, Laurent Cantet's follow up to the Palme d'Or-winner The Class excavates the mindset of another group of awkward, rebellious teenagers, this time in smalltown America in the 1950s. Foxfire is the name given to a secret society of high-school girls determined to fight back against sexual abuse and day-to-day sexism; they are led by the charismatic Legs (Raven Adamson), and include the beefy Goldie (Claire Mazerolle), boy-mad Rita (Madeleine Bisson), and serious-minded Maddy (Katie Coseni), through whose narrative voice we see events proceed. Cantet extracts faultless performances from his cast, most of whom are on a film set for the first time, and evokes the period effortlessly. At well over two hours, Foxfire never feels long; though it unravels...
- 8/8/2013
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
★★☆☆☆ Having bagged the prestigious Palme d'Or prize for his last film, 2008's vérité high school drama The Class, award-winning French director Laurent Cantet returns to selected UK cinemas this week with his new feature, Foxfire (2012). Based on Joyce Carol Oates' novel of the same name, it shares some themes with the director's previous piece, but trades modern France for 1950s America. In place of surly Parisian students, the tale presents an unruly gang of young proto-feminists in patriarchal upstate New York, but sadly fails to craft any particular drama of note, despite it seeming inevitable from the outset.
The pacing plays a decisive role in this aforementioned issue, with Cantet's latest getting off to an engaging start before becoming listless, particularly during the second act; this is hardly helped by a cast of characters that lacks depth outside of the ringleader. It's the sparky 'Legs' (an excellent Raven Adamson...
The pacing plays a decisive role in this aforementioned issue, with Cantet's latest getting off to an engaging start before becoming listless, particularly during the second act; this is hardly helped by a cast of characters that lacks depth outside of the ringleader. It's the sparky 'Legs' (an excellent Raven Adamson...
- 8/8/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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