Once a successful Hollywood screenwriter, Stan is now a depressive alcoholic who spends Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
The tempestuous love story between Fernando, an older man who has recently returned to his crime-ridden drug capitol hometown of Medellin Read More »
Chromophobia (2005) Martha Fiennes, Ben Chaplin, Penélope Cruz, Ralph Fiennes
Every family has its secrets and tries to hold them hidden within domestic walls. Read More »
The Warm Life (1964) La calda vita
Attractive teenager Sergia usually hangs out with her older sister and her circle of mature friends. Read More »
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen AKA Il ladro della Gioconda (1966) Michel Deville, George Chakiris, Marina Vlady, Margaret Lee
Vincent, who signs his blows with the name Romeo, manages to steal the Mona Lisa. Read More »
Birds, Orphans and Fools AKA Vtáckovia, siroty a blázni (1969) Juraj Jakubisko, Philippe Avron, Jirí Sýkora, Magda Vásáryová
Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko is often described as the Fellini of Eastern Europe. After the 1968 film The Deserter and the Nomads Read More »
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 »