Cliff Wilder, a free-lance photographer on assignment in mainland China, is surprised taking unauthorized photographs and narrowly escapes capture. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Kiss the Other Sheik / Oggi, domani, dopodomani (1965) Eduardo De Filippo, Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Spaak, Virna Lisi, Comedy
Marcello Mastroianni stars in this film which combines much of the 1965 release Paranoia with new footage. Read More »
Pourquoi pas! / Why Not! (1977) Coline Serreau, Sami Frey, Christine Murillo, Mario Gonzales, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A threesome becomes a foursome in this sensitive drama. The tale begins with the relationship between a recently divorced man and woman (from different marriages) and the bisexual they get involved with. Read More »
Le mystère de la chambre jaune / The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930) Marcel L’Herbier, Roland Toutain, Huguette Duflos, Léon Belières, Crime, Mystery
Mathilde Strangerson, the daughter of an eminent scientist, narrowly escapes being murdered in her own bedroom by an unknown assailant. Read More »
Once More / Encore (1988) Paul Vecchiali, Jean-Louis Rolland, Florence Giorgetti, Pascale Rocard, Drama
A man decides to leave his wife and finds his happiness elsewhere. Along the way he meets a man with whom he falls in love. Read More »
Baad el Mawkeaa / After the Battle (2012) Yusri Nasrullah, Menna Shalabi, Bassem Samra, Nahed El Sebaï, Drama, History
Mahmoud was part of the armed groups coerced by the Egyptian Government which carried out attacks on protestors in Tahir Square the 2nd of February 2011. Read More »
Procès de Jeanne dArc / Trial of Joan of Arc (1962) Robert Bresson, Florence Delay, Jean-Claude Fourneau, Roger Honorat, Drama, History
A reconstruction of the trial of Joan of Arc (based entirely on the transcripts of the real-life trial), concerning Joan’s imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English, filmed in a spare, low-key fashion. Read More »
La Tendre ennemie / The Tender Enemy (1936) Max Ophüls, Simone Berriau, Catherine Fonteney, Laure Diana, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two ghosts attend an engagement party, unseen by the other guests. One ghost, Dupont, is the father of the bride-to-be. Read More »
Le mura di Malapaga / The Walls of Malapaga (1949) René Clément, Jean Gabin, Isa Miranda, Vera Talchi, Drama, Romance
A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter. Read More »
La danse de mort (1948) Marcel Cravenne, Erich von Stroheim, Denise Vernac, Palau, Drama
A sinister fortress on an island where the sun never seems to shine. An officer whose values have long gone a thing of the past. Read More »
Le Diable Probablement / The Devil, Probably (1977) Robert Bresson, Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc, Drama
In order to be technically free of the mortal sin of suicide, a young man who has given up on the world pays a drug-addict to shoot him. Read More »
La fille inconnue / The Unknown Girl (2016) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, Crime, Drama, Mystery
The efficient Dr. Jenny Davin works hard and has been chosen to replace Dr. Habran, who has just retired, at the Kennedy Hospital. Read More »
Bill il taciturno / Django Kills Silently (1967) Massimo Pupillo, George Eastman, Liana Orfei, Luciano Rossi, Romance, Western
Django arrives in the town of Santa Anna at the behest of a man named Sanders who’d been trying to buy safe passage for his cargo from a Mexican bandit named El Santo. Read More »
Al-massir / Destiny (1997) Youssef Chahine, Nour El-Sherif, Hani Salama, Laila Eloui, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgements are not liked by everyone. Read More »
L’Effrontée / An Impudent Girl (1985) Claude Miller, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Clothilde Baudon, Julie Glenn, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
The dreams and naivete of Charlotte, a young, working-class girl (Charlotte Gainsbourg in an award-winning performance) clash with reality as she meets the young pianist she admires (Clothilde Baudon), and a younger pest she would like to shed (Julie Glenn). Read More »