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Tag Archives: France
No One Writes to the Colonel AKA El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999) Arturo Ripstein, Fernando Lujan, Marisa Paredes, Salma Hayek
Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. Read More »
A View from the Bridge AKA Vu du pont (1962) Sidney Lumet, Raf Vallone, Maureen Stapleton, Carol Lawrence
Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice Read More »
Sweet Ecstasy AKA Douce Violence (1962) Max Pécas, Pierre Brice, Elke Sommer, Vittoria Prada
Olivier, a handsome but callow and moody young student, picks up an enthusiastic actress during a theatre rehearsal Read More »
Yoshiwara (1937) Max Ophüls, Pierre Richard-Willm
Late nineteenth century. Young Kohana is sent to Yoshiwara, a suburb of Tokyo where exercise the profession of geisha. Read More »
Casanova ’70 (1965) Mario Monicelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Marisa Mell
Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, a U.N. official and modern-day Casanova, cannot get aroused unless there’s danger in sex Read More »
Nathalie: Escape from Hell AKA Nathalie rescapée de l’enfer (1978) Alain Payet, Patrizia Gori, Jacqueline Laurent, Jack Taylor
A female Russian doctor is taken prisoner into a château where German officers go for entertainment Read More »
The Bishop’s Bedroom AKA La stanza del vescovo (1977) Dino Risi, Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Patrick Dewaere
Mario (Tognazzi), a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco (Dewaere) Read More »
Joel-Peter Witkin: An Objective Eye (2013) Thomas A. Marino, Joel-Peter Witkin, Eugenia Parry, Baudoin Lebon
A new documentary from director Thomas Marino, taking a profound and introspective look into the life and art of the controversial artist, Joel-Peter Witkin. Read More »
Tusk (1980) Alejandro Jodorowsky, Cyrielle Clair, Anton Diffring, Serge Merlin
An English girl and an Indian elephant, born on the same day, share a common destiny. Read More »