Melanie Laurent
Michelle Yeoh to Star in ‘The Mother’ Action Thriller
Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh is set to star in the action thriller The Mother. Melanie Laurent will direct the high-octane movie being shopped to international buyers in Berlin. Yeoh will play Ann, an immigrant mother and businesswoman looking to make the best of her new life in America for her family. When her two teenage […]
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‘Murder Mystery 2’ Review: Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston in Netflix Sequel That Leaves No Room for Laughs
The two stars return to solve another case in the streamer's follow-up to 2019's hugely popular comic thriller.
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‘Ride Above’ Review: Mélanie Laurent in a Heartwarming French Horse Drama
Laurent stars in Christian Duguay's film, also featuring Pio Marmai, Danny Huston and Carole Bouquet, about a girl with dreams of becoming a jockey.
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Lily Collins, Troye Sivan, Maisie Williams and Jackson Wang Star in Cartier’s “Love Is All”
Roger Glover and Ronnie James Dio’s 1974 pop-rock classic “Love Is All” has inspired a new high-energy short from Cartier starring a dozen boldfaced names. Ella Balinska, Mariacarla Boscono, Monica Bellucci, Khatia Buniatishvili, Lily Collins, Golshifteh Farahani, Mélanie Laurent, Troye Sivan, Willow Smith, Annabelle Wallis, Jackson Wang and Maisie Williams team up to dance, lip […]
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‘The Mad Women’s Ball’ (‘Le Bal des folles’): Film Review | TIFF 2021
Mélanie Laurent directs and stars in this French thriller about a woman unjustly institutionalized by her family.
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‘The Mad Women’s Ball’ Director Melanie Laurent on Why She Set Out to Make a Period Piece From a Female Perspective
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds was French actress Melanie Laurent’s breakout role in Hollywood, and she followed that up with starring roles in Now You See Me and 6 Underground. But Laurent also has thrived as a film director, and she’s bringing her latest work, The Mad Women’s Ball, in which she also stars in Amazon’s […]
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Cannes Unveils 2021 Competition Jury
The Cannes International Film Festival has named the five women and four men who will make up its 2021 competition jury. Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Song Kang-ho and Tahar Rahim; directors Mati Diop, Jessica Hausner and Kleber Mendonça Filho; and singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer will join Cannes Jury President Spike Lee in judging the 24 […]
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‘Oxygen’ (‘Oxygène’): Film Review
Mélanie Laurent plays an amnesiac who wakes up in a cryogenic pod with a countdown on her life in Alexandre Aja's lean Netflix sci-fi survival thriller.
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Amazon Boosts French Slate with New Originals, Sports
Melanie Laurent’s 'Le Bal des Folles,' a series sequel to Cedric Klapisch’s 'L'Auberge Espagnol' film trilogy, and French Open tennis are among the highlights unveiled Monday.
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Melanie Laurent, Alexandre Aja, Vincent Maraval Team for Netflix Survival Thriller ‘O2’
Melanie Laurent is set to star in Netflix's French survival thriller 'O2' from director Alexandrea Aja and producer Vincent Maraval.
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‘Little America’: TV Review
Executive producers Alan Yang and Kumail Nanjiani offer a showcase of largely unknown acting and directing talent via 'Little America,' their Apple TV+ immigrant anthology show.
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‘6 Underground’ Star Mélanie Laurent Reveals Move She Stole From Tarantino
Mélanie Laurent is recalling her time on '6 Underground,' 'Inglourious Basterds' and auditioning for 'Skyfall.'
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