
1954, the Malabar Coast. British and Anglo-Indian identities blur when an English-woman with a neglectful husband births a sickly baby. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Zouzou (1934) Marc Allégret, Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin, Pierre Larquey

As children, Zouzou and Jean are paired in a traveling circus as twins: she’s dark, he’s light. Read More »
Rossini! Rossini! (1991) Mario Monicelli, Philippe Noiret, Jacqueline Bisset, Sergio Castellitto

Rossini! Rossini! is a 1991 Italian biographical film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. Read More »
The Art of Breaking Up (2005) Michel Deville, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Dominique Blanc

Lucette and Edouard: Two lovers passionate about sex, money and life. Read More »
Shun Li and the Poet (2011) Andrea Segre, Tao Zhao, Rade Serbedzija, Marco Paolini

A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia Read More »
Blue Rita (1977) Jesús Franco, Martine Fléty, Sarah Strasberg, Dagmar Bürger

Nightclub owner and erotic dancer Rita Blue uses her place as a front for working undercover as a spy. Read More »
Richard III (1912) André Calmettes, James Keane, Robert Gemp, Frederick Warde, Albert Gardner

Shakespeare’s tragedy of the hump-backed Duke of Gloucester, who rises to the throne of England by chicanery Read More »
Peek-a-boo (1954) Jean Loubignac, Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset, Raymond Bussières

A small-town policeman is informed that “naked women” are dancing in a revue at a local variety theater. Read More »
Hamlet (1990) Franco Zeffirelli, Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates

Hamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King, dies. His mother Gertrude has already married Hamlet’s uncle Claudius, the new King. Read More »
Workers, Peasants (2001) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Angela Nugara, Giacinto Di Pascoli, Gianpaolo Cassarino

A group of men and women of all generations have been brought together in the course of their travels after World War II Read More »