The late afternoon is warm, the locusts screaming from the trees. The sun makes everything as golden as the poster for Micmacs, a movie that I’ve avoided because the spell of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ...

Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s signature films, including “Amelie” and “City of Lost Children,” have functioned as gateway drugs, getting the previously uninitiated hooked on the habit of foreign film. Romantic ...

“Micmacs” has a “B-” average on criticWIRE, with grades ranging from quite a few “A” level shout outs (including folks from Variety and The Los Angeles Times) to an “F” from Marie Claire‘s Caryn James ...

Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a selfish bastard. How else can you explain the French director's half decade absence from cinema? Thankfully, the man who helmed "Amelie," "A Very Long Engagement," "The City of ...

The word ‘visionary’ is given out very easily nowadays. Seemingly every director with a penchant for the image (or simply ambitious, CGI-laden projects) is bestowed with that label. However, there are ...

If it does nothing else, "Micmacs" -- the latest puff of warm whimsy from "Amelie" director Jean-Pierre Jeunet -- proves you don't have to be heavy-handed or brooding to make a point. Even if you're ...

“”Micmacs,”” playing at The Loft Cinema through Aug. 27*, is a whimsical foray into the depths of the human spirit. From French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet of “”Amélie”” fame, “”Micmacs”” is guilty of ...

If you enjoyed “Delicatessen,” “The City of Lost Children” and “Amélie,” then by all means check out “Micmacs,” the latest from France’s resident purveyor of whimsical fantasy, Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The ...

Ah, France! Land of quaint cafes, tinted-postcard views, wide-eyed waifs and all the other delights Jean-Pierre Jeunet fetishized in Amelie, his 2001 art-house hit. Also, the country is the world's ...

Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a selfish bastard. How else can you explain the French director's half decade absence from cinema? Thankfully, the man who helmed "Amelie," "A Very Long Engagement," "The City of ...