It is fitting that there are two competing readings of François Ozon’sDouble Lover. The film dually presents as a highly stylized, seductively sleek French psychosexual thriller and this “I Know Who Killed Me”-esque overtly overly symbolic camp. Not wanting to assign one dominance over the...
Ozon’s genre practice DOUBLE LOVER joins a mini-cinematic tributary fixating on and delving into the unwonted conditions of twins, like many a notable antecedent, sayDavid Cronenberg’s DEAD RINGERS (1988), Ozon finds the film a scientific bedrock in“parasitic twin”, a medical term that hasn...
in which beautiful actors and elegant photography provide a soft-core sensuality. As an entry in that genre, “The Lover” is more than capable, and the movie is
French actresses Marine Vacth (R) and British actress Jacqueline Bisset pose for the photocall of the film "Amant Double (The Double Lover) " during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, on May 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)...
Don’t call it a comeback, but when Karan Johar returned to writing and directing double-duty after seven years with this 2023 blockbuster, it sure felt like a revival. Not only does “Rocky Aur Rani” center the love story of titular leads played by Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, but ...
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Double Indemnity (1944) Posted on January 30, 2014 by Jason Fraley “I killed him for money and for a woman. I didn’t get the money, and I didn’t get the woman.” Never has a line better summed up its genre than Fred MacMurray’s classic film noir confession in Double Indemnity...
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