Richard Wagner’s last opera has remained controversial since its first performance for its unique, and, for some, unsavory blending of religious Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Regular Lovers (2005) Les amants réguliers
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. Read More »
A Place Among the Living AKA Une place parmi les vivants (2003) Raoul Ruiz, Christian Vadim, Thierry Gibault, Valérie Kaprisky
Paris 1958. “Existentialist” crimes are being committed in the eighteenth arrondissement of Paris. Read More »
Alone with War AKA Seule avec la guerre (2001) Danielle Arbid
Beirut is a wonderful town. It’s like you’re at the center of everything. Read More »
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989) Dominique Deruddere, Joe Mantegna, Ornella Muti, Faye Dunaway
Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Read More »
Mortem (2010) Eric Atlan, Daria Panchenko, Diana Rudychenko, Stany Coppet
Mortem is a metaphysical thriller, the story of JENA a young woman who defies her own death during all one night. Read More »
‘Round Midnight (1986) Bertrand Tavernier, Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker
In ‘Round Midnight, real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner Read More »
Alice or the last escapade AKA Alice ou la dernière fugue (1977) Claude Chabrol, Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel, Fernand Ledoux
Alice Carol leaves her husband one rainy night, telling him that she does not love him anymore. Read More »
Boccaccio ’70 (1962) Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Anita Ekberg, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider
Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana, marry but must hide Read More »
The Son AKA Le fils (2002) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart
Olivier – meticulous, careful, even-handed – teaches carpentry at a vocational school in Liège. Read More »