‘November’ Review: Slick French Thriller Is Less a Call to Remember Than an Appeal to Relax

It took the French police just five days to catch the men responsible for the Nov. 13, 2015, attacks on Paris. In the meantime, the country was put on high alert: President François Hollande declared war on Daesh (ISIS), and police were given carte blanche to bring the terrorists to justice. For those five days in November — the same period dramatized in French director Cedric Jimenez’s ticking-clock thriller “November” — the terrorists seemed to have achieved their purpose. France was traumatized. I know because I was there, ordered to stay indoors, afraid that this might be just the beginning…. Read Full Article