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Brigitte and Brigitte (1966) Luc Moullet, Colette Descombes, Françoise Vatel, Claude Melki
A twenty minute documentary about the two smallest French villages. Read More »
Bad Seed (1934) Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder, Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Raymond Galle
In the 30’s, in Paris, the playboy Henri Pasquier is supported by his father, Dr. Pasquier with money and a brandy new car. Read More »
Fantômas: The False Magistrate (1914) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior
Fantômas has been arrested and is jailed in Brussels, but inspector Juve wants him arrested and sentenced for all his crimes in France. Read More »
Fantomas Against Fantomas (1914) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Georges Melchior, Laurent Morléas
The mystery of the drama is the appearance of the finger-print of a dead artist upon the neck of Princess Sonia Danidoff Read More »
The Tunnel (1933) Curtis Bernhardt, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Le Vigan
An engineer is hired to plan the construction of a undersea tunnel between Europe and the US. Read More »
Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed (1913) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior
After a body disappears from inside the prison, a series of crimes take place, all seemingly by the dead man. Read More »
One Life (1958) Alexandre Astruc, Maria Schell, Christian Marquand, Pascale Petit
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. Read More »
The Thief of Paris (1967) Louis Malle, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Geneviève Bujold, Marie Dubois
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Read More »
The Right of the Weakest (2006) Lucas Belvaux, Éric Caravaca, Claude Semal
In Liège, a group of men gathers every day in a café situated near the steel factory which once reigned supreme. Read More »
Divine (1935) Max Ophüls, Simone Berriau, George Rigaud, Gina Manès
Ludivine Jarisse is a young woman who lives a contented but unexciting life in the country. Read More »
Fantomas: The Man in Black (1913) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior
Naturally, after his last experience, Inspector Juve winces under such rebuff as the substitution of Valgrand and the escape of Fantomas. Read More »
Little Tailor (2010) Louis Garrel, Arthur Igual, Léa Seydoux, Albert Igual
A black and white movie that shows a young tailor (Arthur) who falls for a beautiful stage actress (Marie-Julie) and thinks about quitting everything for her Read More »
Lumière d’été (1943) Jean Grémillon, Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Brasseur, Madeleine Robinson
A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle Read More »
Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior
Princess Sonia Danidoff is staying at the Royal Palace Hotel, Paris, and withdraws $20,000 from the cashier’s custody Read More »