The opening title card of François Ozon’s 1977-set Potiche seems to take design inspiration from the exploitation films of that period — a sneaky-smart way of nodding to one of this pastel-colored ...

“Potiche” is a glossy throwback made with a modern eye, an old-fashioned romantic fantasy starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu that’s been knowingly updated with tart, contemporary touches.

A French farce from the late '70s about feminism, chauvinism, adultery and family alliances sounds like an entertaining romp. But one that is made with 21st-century sensibilities takes on a tone that ...

Catherine Deneuve has a formidable mask, and not only onscreen. I'd seen her in person only once before, at a party at the Venice Film Festival, and you would no more want to impose on her privacy in ...

Pairing up Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu pays dividends in the daft feather-light French farce "Potiche," a period piece designed to remind us of just how far and how fast women have come in ...

Potiche (roughly translated: Trophy Wife) made the festival rounds late last year prior to an international release concentrated in the European Union. To promote the March 25 domestic release, Music ...

Catherine Deneuve and umbrellas just go together, ever since 1964 and the sweetly wistful musical romance “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.” Then, she was young and radiant; now, she’s not so young but ...

Director Francois Ozon shows a meticulous attention to period detail in his 1977-set French comedy "Potiche" -- from the kitschy titles to the sunshine-yellow countertops to Judith Godreche's ...

He handles his workers as well as he handles his family, and it’s little surprise when they strike and take him hostage. With the help of Robert’s sworn enemy and Suzanne’s ex-lover, left-wing union ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Comedy. 1 hour 43 minutes. At the Mayan. The latest from director Francois Ozon (“8 Women,” “Swimming Pool”) takes a 30-year-old comedy and turns it into a ...

François Ozon likes to surprise audiences but his latest film, "Potiche" (opened April 15 at Landmark's La Jolla Village Theaters) returns to the tone and style of his "8 Women." François Ozon has ...

Francois Ozon's "Potiche" has plenty of contemporary sparkle and life, courtesy of a masterful central performance by grande dame Catherine Deneuve as an oppressed bourgeois housewife who finds ...