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MOVIE OF THE WEEK September 26, 2025: FRENCH LOVER

September 21, 2025October 10, 2025 Jennifer Merin betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, french films, French Lover, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, Lisa-Nina Rives, liz whittemore, loren king, motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, Omar Sy, romcom, sandie angulo chen, Sara Giraudeau, sherin nicole

Kind of like a reverse, more empowered Notting Hill, director Lisa-Nina Rives’ appealing French romcom tells the story of the unlikely connection between a mega movie star and a regular person who is a matter-of-fact waitress/chef who’s not particularly intimidated by the trappings of fame. While you can’t exactly claim that it reinvents the romcom wheel, French Lover is sweet, fun, and refreshing in the way that Rives portrays her leading lady a clearly in control and rarely compromises who she is or what she wants.

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LUPIN – Review by Diane Carson

October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 Diane Carson French series, George Kay, Ludivine Sagnier, Lupin, netflix, Omar Sy

A wondrous medley of James Bond and Mission Impossible films, Houdini, Sherlock Holmes, and great heist capers, the French Netflix series Lupin offers a treasure trove of action and interaction. The central character, Assane Diop, patterns his life after the series title individual, Arsène Lupin, a sly gentleman thief created by author Maurice Leblanc in his 1905 novels.

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LUPIN – Review by Susan Granger

February 28, 2022March 5, 2022 Susan Granger Ludivine Sagnier, Lupin, Maurice Leblanc, netflix series, Omar Sy

If you’re looking for a action series to stream, try the crime caper “Lupin,” celebrated as #1 in France. Either English-subtitled or dubbed into English, it’s Netflix’s third most successful global launch – after “Bridgerton” and” “The Witcher.” The ‘gentleman thief’ Arsene Lupin is a classic character created in 1905 by French novelist/short-story writer Maurice Leblanc, who serialized his adventures in the popular science magazine Je Sais Tout.

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, July 14-20: MOOD INDIGO

July 14, 2014October 11, 2014 Sandra Kraisirideja (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments Aossa Maoga, audrey tautou, Charlotte Le Bon, Gad Elmaleh, jennifer merin, loren king, Luc Bossi, michel gondry, Mood Indigo, nell minow, Omar Sy, Romain Duris

Opening July 18, the AWFJ Movie of the Week is Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo, a unique love story that incorporates fantastical, surreal elements. Gondry’s stylishly quirky fantasy world includes a piano that makes cocktails, a dining room on rollerskates and a cloud-shaped vehicle. Boris Vian’s eponymous cult novel provides the inspiration for the film, which stars Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris as lovers whose whirlwind affair is threatened when a flower begins to grow in her lungs. It’s the kind of twist that fits perfectly well with Gondry’s inventive imagination. Read on…