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'The Last Mistress': Pretentious Liaisonsnew
Once again, Catherine Breillat is unintentionally funny, or, if funny on purpose, then she's really pulled something off.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-24-2008 |
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'The Last Mistress': Controversy Becomes Hernew
The latest titillation from French provocatrice Catherine Breillat is a period piece starring the ever-alluring Asia Argento.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
08-14-2008 |
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'The Last Mistress' Frames Intense Performances with Relative Restrainnew
Although it's based on a scandalous 19th-century novel by Jules-Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly, Catherine Breillat's film makes few concessions to the conventions of costume drama.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Sam Adams |
07-22-2008 |
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'The Last Mistress' is Pretty Trashnew
And for the most part, that's all The Last Mistress is--but damned if it doesn't suck you in like a late-night rerun of Rock of Love.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-18-2008 |
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Catherine Breillat Proves She's More Than a Porno-polemicistnew
As if to legitimize her unorthodox approach, the period drama of The Last Mistress brings Breillat into the haughty realm of Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the infamous (often adapted) 18th-century novel of sexual gamesmanship as psychological and political intrigue.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-26-2008 |
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