When Claire Denis takes to the battlefields of love and war, she exposes what is often obscured about the human condition. In acute character studies led ferociously by such celebrated actors as Juliette Binoche and Isabelle Huppert, Denis lays the murkiest intricacies of relationships bare.
Inspired by Yasujirō Ozu’s Late Spring, 35 Shots of Rum (2008) sees Denis bring her subtle, sensuous approach to exploring a father-daughter bond. Belonging to a blood-red wave of transgressive French filmmaking at the turn of the millennium, the civil-war drama White Material (2009) and neo-noir thriller Bastards (2013) are scorching stories of colonialism and corruption. Sparing no monstrous details, Denis resists a moralizing stance on violence in both dynamite films. That ambiguity is cast aside in Let the Sunshine In (2017). Whether the divorcée artist in this sparkling romcom deserves love and happiness is no question, and Denis looks on at that search for intimacy with tender affection. Feeling is paramount in her explosive cinema of sensations. Whether that commitment to bodies and passions leads to happiness or extreme darkness, the celebrated auteur advances, unafraid.

When Claire Denis takes to the battlefields of love and war, she exposes what is often obscured about the human condition. In acute character studies led ferociously by such celebrated actors as Juliette Binoche and Isabelle Huppert, Denis lays the murkiest intricacies of relationships bare.
Inspired by Yasujirō Ozu&#8217;s Late Spring, 35 Shots of Rum (2008) sees Denis bring her subtle, sensuous approach to exploring a father-daughter bond. Belonging to a blood-red wave of transgressive French filmmaking at the turn of the millennium, the civil-war drama White Material (2009) and neo-noir thriller Bastards (2013) are scorching stories of colonialism and corruption. Sparing no monstrous details, Denis resists a moralizing stance on violence in both dynamite films. That ambiguity is cast aside in Let the Sunshine In (2017). Whether the divorcée artist in this sparkling romcom deserves love and happiness is no question, and Denis looks on at that search for intimacy with tender affection. Feeling is paramount in her explosive cinema of sensations. Whether that commitment to bodies and passions leads to happiness or extreme darkness, the celebrated auteur advances, unafraid.

In Love and War: Four by Claire Denis

IN LOVE AND WAR: FOUR BY CLAIRE DENIS

One of the finest living filmmakers, Claire Denis exposes what is often obscured about the human condition. Starring some of the most gifted actors in French cinema, the sparkling romantic comedy and profound dramas of this collection are contemporary classics in an explosive cinema of sensations.

One of the finest living filmmakers, Claire Denis exposes what is often obscured about the human condition. Starring some of the most gifted actors in French cinema, the sparkling romantic comedy and profound dramas of this collection are contemporary classics in an explosive cinema of sensations.