Catherine Breillat
Abuse of Weakness
Catherine Breillat
PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2013
In 2004, Catherine Breillat (the controversial auteur known for biting deconstructions of gender relations, primarily in a sexual capacity,...
The Sleeping Beauty
Catherine Breillat
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2010
Despite never quite matching the sheer visceral impact and jolting brilliance of her emotional rape allegory, A Ma Sœur, Catherine Br...
The Last Mistress
Catherine Breillat
PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2008
French director Catherine Breillats latest cinematic offering, based on a nineteenth century novel, explores the precarious border between...
The Last Mistress
Catherine Breillat
PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2008
Staying true to her singular feminist roots and psychosexual explorations of the inherent imbalances between men and women, but stepping...
Une Vielle Maitresse
Catherine Breillat
PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2007
This latest effort by Catherine Breillat is surprisingly inexplicit theres no rape, genital close-ups or unnatural use of foreign object...
Anatomy of Hell
Catherine Breillat
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005
Criticism of Catherine Breillat tends to hinge on whether she's a feminist or misogynist, with nobody really sure what side she's on. Her l...
Sex Is Comedy
Catherine Breillat
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005
Catherine Breillat's movies are so consistently grim and unpleasant that Sex Is Comedy looks like a welcome respite, at first glance. On th...
Anatomy of Hell
Catherine Breillat
PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004
Catherine Breillat's latest wet trout to the side of the head may shock even her staunchest defenders, but though it's been denounced as cr...