Overview

• Télérama issued its weekly roundup on August 12 with capsule reviews of this week’s new and ongoing releases in French cinemas.
• Aurélien Peyre’s L’Épreuve du Feu earned the critic’s “coup de cœur” for its luminous portrayal of the end of adolescence in a striking debut.
• À feu doux, directed by Sarah Friedland and starring Kathleen Chalfant, was praised for its restrained, non-melodramatic depiction of Alzheimer’s in an idealized care setting.
• Franchise sequels such as Karate Kid: Legends and Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver le monde? were faulted for recycled clichés and crude humor even as they yielded occasional laughs.
• The column also spotlights inventive international fare like Junta Yamaguchi’s time-loop short En boucle and underscores a diverse slate of animation, documentary and drama still playing in French cinemas.