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'A Girl Cut in Two' is Hardly Incisive or Tension-Inducingnew

Chabrol has often been compared to Hitchcock, but this has always been a dubious association. Girl has been worked out with some care, but Chabrol's visual compositions and chromatic palette are more involving than his narrative.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  11-03-2008  |  Reviews

A Slice of Past Lives in 'A Girl Cut in Two'new

Veteran French filmmaker Claude Chabrol re-imagines the Stanford White murder.
INDY Week  |  David Fellerath  |  10-23-2008  |  Reviews

'A Girl Cut in Two' and 'Towelhead': The Feminine Mistakenew

Two films portray women who turn into others' playthings.
Washington City Paper  |  Tricia Olszewski  |  09-18-2008  |  Reviews

Why Sexual and Character Ambiguity Don't Mix in 'A Girl Cut in Two'new

What makes Claude Chabrol's A Girl Cut in Two (2007) so trying is not that it's unsure of what it wants to be, but rather that it refuses to decide.
New York Press  |  Simon Abrams  |  08-18-2008  |  Reviews

Elegant Lessonnew

This psychological satire investigates more than politics or moral behavior.
New York Press  |  Armond White  |  01-11-2007  |  Reviews

Staying Powernew

The French New Wave's Claude Chabrol goes for film number 54.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Felicia Feaster  |  12-14-2006  |  Reviews

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