In the near future, leftist writer Paula goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité Read More »
Crime
Temptress of a Thousand Faces / Qian mian mo nu (1969) Chang-hwa Jeong, Tina Chin-Fei, Liang Chen, Pat Ting Hung
The Temptress of the title attempts to take over the world. Read More »
Calling Philo Vance (1940) William Clemens, James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O’Neill
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. Read More »
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) Sidney Salkow, Warren William, Frances Robinson, Bruce Bennett
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman Read More »
The Dictator’s Guns / L’arme à gauche (1965) Claude Sautet, Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon
Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo Read More »
Rififi / Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) Jules Dassin, Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel
After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City Read More »
The Testimony / Il testimone (1946) Pietro Germi, Roldano Lupi, Marina Berti, Ernesto Almirante
A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant will be crucial. Read More »
The Racket (1951) John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan
The large federal crime syndicate has proceeded in to town, teaming up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. Read More »
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) H. Bruce Humberstone, Cesar Romero, Virginia Gilmore, Charlotte Greenwood
Cesar Romero plays an outwardly tough prohibition-era gangster who in reality wouldn’t hurt a fly. Read More »
White Lies / …Comme elle respire (1998) Pierre Salvadori, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-François Stévenin
Jeanne is a young weirdo girl who flies to Paris, and is hired by an old lady called Madeleine as an au pair. Read More »