Despite its nearly four-hour running time, this is a uniquely personal look at movies from one of the late 20th century’s great directors and film historians. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2017) Nobuhiro Suwa, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Pauline Etienne, Jules Langlade
Jean, a veteran actor trapped by his past, is installed in secret in an abandoned mansion in the South of France where Juliette Read More »
The Golden Coach (1952) Jean Renoir, Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro, Nada Fiorelli
In Peru in the eighteenth century. Camilla, the star of a theater company, hesitates between three men. Read More »
Two Faces of the Dollar (1967) Roberto Bianchi Montero, Maurice Poli, Jacques Herlin, Gabriella Giorgelli
A teacher, a hero, an ex colonel and a beautiful woman hatch a plan to rob Fort Henderson. When they succeed their troubles just begins. Read More »
The Future Is Woman (1984) Marco Ferreri, Ornella Muti, Hanna Schygulla, Niels Arestrup
The story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for a while Read More »
I Stand Alone (1998) Gaspar Noé, Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir, Frankie Pain
The Butcher (known from Noe’s short film Carne) has done some time in jail after beating up the guy who tried to seduce his teenage mentally-handicapped daughter. Read More »
Panic in Bangkok (1964) André Hunebelle, Kerwin Mathews, Robert Hossein, Pier Angeli
A secret agent sets out to stop an evil scientist who is about to unleash on the world a virulent biological strain he has developed during experiments on rats. Read More »
Lost in New York (1989) Jean Rollin, Adeline Abitbol, Funny Abitbol, Catherine Herengt
In Lost in New York, two young girls discover a small wooden idol which possesses the magical powers of the African Moon Goddess. Read More »
Journey of Hope (1990) Xavier Koller, Necmettin Çobanoglu, Nur Sürer, Emin Sivas
In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. Read More »
To Paint or Make Love (2005) Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu, Sabine Azéma, Daniel Auteuil, Amira Casar
An affluent, middle-aged couple’s uneventful lives are forever changed when they move into an isolated house in the country and befriend an odd, younger couple. Read More »