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Movie review: ‘Renoir’ sumptuous, but without tension

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:01:11 MDT

Movie review: ‘Renoir’ sumptuous, but without tension

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 23, 2013 05:01PM MDT

In the sumptuously filmed French drama “Renoir,” a muse arrives to inspire two generations of artists — while the audience is left wishing a similarly gifted muse had helped director Gilles Bourdos develop a more compelling narrative. It’s 1915 on the French Riviera, where a young actress/model, Andrée (Christa Theret), gets a job posing for the aged painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (played by the veteran actor Michel Bouquet). Renoir is an invalid with arthritic hands, but Andrée’s beauty compels ...

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David Beckham bids au revoir to soccer

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:02 MDT

David Beckham bids au revoir to soccer

The Associated Press

Updated May 23, 2013 01:30PM MDT

Paris • David Beckham might bid adieu to soccer Sunday from the bench. The 38-year-old Beckham, who said last week he will retire from the sport after the season, will be with French champion Paris Saint-Germain when the team travels to Lorient for the season finale. But PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti said it is unlikely Beckham will play, although it has not been officially decided yet. “It’s been a very special place for me,” Beckham said of being on the field. “After 22 years of playing footba...

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French president signs gay marriage into law

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:32 MDT

French president signs gay marriage into law

The Associated Press

Updated May 18, 2013 11:26AM MDT

Paris • French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. His signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within about 10 days. Hollande’s office said he signed the bill Saturday morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law. Hollande, a Socialist, had made legalizing gay marriage one of his campaign pledges last year....

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From crashes to exorcism

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:59:03 MDT

From crashes to exorcism

By Janet Maslin The New York Times

Updated May 17, 2013 01:59PM MDT

When William Friedkin was doing research for his controversial film “Cruising,” he showed up on jockstrap night at the Mine Shaft, the famed gay bar in Manhattan, dressed for the occasion. When he shot the car chase in “The French Connection,” he took few precautions for the safety of drivers and bystanders. And when he prepped for “Rampage,” about a bizarre serial killer, he watched a Rorschach test being given to a man convicted of killing his mother. The killer saw angels and butterflies; Fri...

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Movie review: Games with words get tense ‘In the House’

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:19:15 MDT

Movie review: Games with words get tense ‘In the House’

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 16, 2013 04:19PM MDT

French director François Ozon’s latest, the insidiously creepy domestic thriller “In the House,” ties knots in your stomach as it walks its characters through a moral swamp of truth and fantasy. Mr. Germain (Fabrice Luchini) teaches writing and French literature in a Paris high school, where years of lackluster students and esteem-boosting educational theories have left him jaded. He shares his frustration with his wife, Jeanne (Kristen Scott Thomas), an art gallery manager worried that her gall...

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Friday movie roundup: Art houses ain’t afraid of ‘Star Trek’

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:03 MDT

Friday movie roundup: Art houses ain’t afraid of ‘Star Trek’

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 17, 2013 10:30AM MDT

The big studios are steering clear of the U.S.S. Enterprise this weekend. (You can read The Cricket’s review of “Star Trek: Into Darkness” here.) So the arthouse slate is picking up the slack, with some intriguing Friday openings. Best of the lot is “In the House,” a seductive and twisty French thriller about a high-school student (Ernst Umhauer) who tries to insinuate himself into the middle-class home of a classmate — with an eye toward the kid’s hot mom (Emmanuelle Seigner). The student relat...

Dining review: French passion lacking at Caterina

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:05:39 MDT

Dining review: French passion lacking at Caterina

By Heather L. King Special to The Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 05:05PM MDT

Caterina seems like a solid dining addition to Sugar House with its prime location in the old post office, its reasonable prices, and its emphasis on French food —which has been under-represented in Utah’s dining landscape. It also has a pedigree. It is the newest addition to the Cucina Restaurant Group which includes Cucina Toscana and Vivace, in downtown Salt Lake City. But for all its assets, Caterina under-whelmed my senses. Jean Louis Montecot, previously of Jean Louis in Park City, is the ...

French rider Georges tests positive at Giro

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:58:27 MDT

French rider Georges tests positive at Giro

The Associated Press

Updated May 15, 2013 11:58PM MDT

Aigle, Switzerland • The UCI has notified French rider Sylvain Georges he tested positive for a banned stimulant in a doping test at the Giro d’Italia. The international cycling federation says traces of the stimulant Heptaminol were found in a urine sample from the AG2R La Mondiale rider after Friday’s 10th stage. Georges can request that a backup “B’’ sample be tested. No provisional ban was given. During last week’s fourth stage, Georges attempted an audacious solo attack on the final c...