
Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko is often described as the Fellini of Eastern Europe. After the 1968 film The Deserter and the Nomads Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Night and the Moment (1994) Anna Maria Tatò, Ivan Bacciocchi, Jean-Claude Carrière, Axelle Cummings

A young marchioness who loves the way of free-thinking and flatterers invites an author into her house who pretends to seduce her… Read More »
Grass Labyrinth AKA Kusa-meikyû (1979) Shûji Terayama, Hiroshi Mikami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Keiko Niitaka

A young man’s determination to recover the lyrics and music to a song he loved Read More »
Too Late AKA Prea târziu (1996) Lucian Pintilie, Razvan Vasilescu, Cecilia Bârbora, Victor Rebengiuc

Germany 1996. A man rummages through a bag, finding some sticks of dynamite. Read More »
Madame Satã (2002) Karim Aïnouz, Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui

A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). Read More »
Secret World AKA La promesse (1969) Paul Feyder, Robert Freeman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-François Vlerick, Pierre Zimmer

After a terrible car wreck in which he lay helpless under the body of his mother for hours Read More »
The Princess of Montpensier AKA La princesse de Montpensier (2010) Bertrand Tavernier, Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Gaspard Ulliel

Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama Read More »
A Man Walks in the City AKA Un homme marche dans la ville (1950) Marcello Pagliero, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Ginette Leclerc, Robert Dalban

A gritty story of dock workers scraping a living in post-war Le Havre, the damage caused to the town during the war all too apparent. Read More »
Bilitis (1977) David Hamilton, Patti D’Arbanville, Mona Kristensen, Bernard Giraudeau

A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation. Read More »
March on Rome AKA La marcia su Roma (1962) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Roger Hanin

After the 1st world war, two veterans, starving, but fools Read More »