Arnaud Desplechin’s whirlwind dramedy doesn’t fully reject Christmas joy, but it does give the undersung holiday traditions of dysfunction and discomfort their time in the spotlight. Starring a formidable French cast, this festive film’s thorny exterior makes way for little glimmers of tender hope.

18 años después de L’eau froide, Olivier Assayas revisita su propia autobiografía con este drama sentido pero sin sentimentalismos: una mirada retrospectiva a su adolescencia después de mayo del 68. Es un retrato conmovedor de una generación en luto, que madura durante una revolución fallida.

Following his Edith Piaf film La Vie en Rose, director Olivier Dahan turns his attention to another 20th-century cultural icon. Playing Grace Kelly during her transition from Hollywood star to European princess, Nicole Kidman burnishes the staid traditions of the biopic with a welcome hint of camp.