“I was very struck by a quote by Fritz Lang, who said that ‘every film should criticize something,’ ” Axelle Ropert says. For the French filmmaker’s latest work “Petite Solange,” a world premiere at ...

The doctors of Axelle Ropert‘s “Miss and the Doctors” are a pair of bachelor physicians who immerse themselves in their family practice at the expense of just about anything else. But that all changes ...

French cinema, no matter how bad, will often find its way to these shores; last year, 75 movies from l’Hexagone were released theatrically — in other words, were given week-long runs — in the U.S.

Axelle Ropert’s carefully calibrated film from France follows a girl experiencing the pain of having to accept her parents as people with faults. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an ...

“I was very struck by a quote by Fritz Lang, who said that ‘every film should criticize something,’ ” Axelle Ropert says. For the French filmmaker’s latest work “Petite Solange,” a world premiere at ...

“I was very struck by a quote by Fritz Lang, who said that ‘every film should criticize something,’ ” Axelle Ropert says. For the French filmmaker’s latest work “Petite Solange,” which world premiered ...