Mouret manipulates our sympathies effortlessly as the story zigzags its way... to its ultimately surprising and quite satisfying resolution.

| Mar 8, 2019

Anyone who loves "Dangerous Liaisons" - in any of its iterations - should rush to cue up "Lady J," a period romance with a similarly wicked sense of comic melodrama.

| Mar 7, 2019

"Mademoiselle de Joncquieres" takes a stealthy and slow-burn approach before fully revealing its true colors as a shrewdly choreographed roundelay of scheming, seduction and revenge in the spirit of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses."

| Sep 27, 2018

Lush costumes, languid pacing and the elaborate syntax of the 18th-century all create an exquisitely measured effect.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 11, 2018

A pleasurable way indeed to pass two hours at the cinema.

| Sep 10, 2018

As comical and critical as it is decadent, Emmanuel Mouret's film eventually hits a sour note that's unfortunately too predictable for a work made by a man.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 9, 2018

This is an uncommonly talky picture which perhaps overestimates the fascination of forensically thorough analyses of 18th century society gossip.

| Sep 8, 2018