In 1944, during D-Day plus two, American sergeant Edward Baxter and a platoon of American infantrymen Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The 10th Victim AKA La decima vittima (1965) Elio Petri, Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli
It is the 21st Century, and society’s lust for violence is satisfied by “The Big Hunt,” an international game of legalized murder. Read More »
To Life AKA À la vie (2014) Jean-Jacques Zilbermann, Julie Depardieu, Johanna ter Steege, Suzanne Clément
Helen, Rose and Lili have survived the Holocaust and have never seen each other since the war has ended. Read More »
In the City of Sylvia AKA Dans la ville de Sylvia (2007) José Luis Guerín, Pilar López de Ayala, Xavier Lafitte, Laurence Cordier
A man returns to a city to try to track down a lovely woman he met six years earlier. Read More »
Silent Light AKA Stellet Licht (2007) Carlos Reygadas, Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz
Johan is the head of a family in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico. However, he goes against the law of both God Read More »
Film Socialism AKA Film socialisme (2010) Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Marc Stehlé, Agatha Couture, Mathias Domahidy
A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages Read More »
Paura e amore (1988) Margarethe von Trotta, Fanny Ardant, Greta Scacchi, Valeria Golino
An adaptation of a classic “Three Sisters” play by Anton Chekhov. Read More »
Equation to an Unknown AKA Équation à un inconnu (1980) Francis Savel, Gianfranco Longhi, Jean-Jacques Loupmon, Reinhard Montz
This long-lost masterpiece of gay erotic cinema centers on a handsome young stud who rides his motorcycle Read More »
Tea in the Harem AKA Le thé au harem d’Archimède (1985) Mehdi Charef, Kader Boukhanef, Rémi Martin, Laure Duthilleul
In a depressing concrete Parisian suburb in the seventies two friends are keeping boredom at bay with loitering and petty crime. Read More »
The Burning Crucible AKA Le brasier ardent (1923) Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Nicolas Koline
A woman, named simply “Elle” and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. Read More »