The French auteur Francois Ozon has crafted a deftly intelligent character drama interwoven with a psychological thriller that works extremely well in the first two thirds before collapsing under the weight of expectation in its finale.

Damien Hauer (an unkempt Jean-Pierre Bacri) is a down-trodden Parisian professor whose relationship with long-time companion and playwright Iva (Kristin Scott-Thomas) is falling apart. While Iva is getting close to her leading man at rehearsals, Damien has a growing attachment of his own to a young woman he knows from his bookshop, the shy but affable Aurore (Isabelle Carre). Typically [...]

Someone in Hollywood believes in making a major movie star out of Robert Pattinson. After scoring millions of fans from the Twilight films, the brooding young star is now being lined up in a series of high profile dramas.

Ethan Hawke stars as Tom, a creepy American university professor who arrives in Paris to stalk his ex-wife and young daughter. His wife calls the police and he absconds, encountering subsequent bad luck and winding up broke in a dive of a hotel run by seedy, criminal seeming people.

Kristin Scott Thomas opens Love Crime with a bellowing laugh. It is a loud awakening, casting instant awareness and intrigue.