french new extremity

This review contains references to depictions of sexual assault, spoilers for Irreversible and pretentious use of French cinematic terms. Reader discretion is advised. "Le Temps Détruit Tout" Irreversible, released in 2002, was the…

When Titane won the Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, there were murmurs in some circles that the result was akin to Crash’s controversial victory at the 2005 Oscars. This is to say that, as there were so many worthy…

Last October, I caught an advance screening of Belgian-French horror Raw, directed by Julia Ducournau. It tells the tale of a female freshman and vegetarian who, after being forced to eat raw meat during a hazing ritual, develops an…