Laschen, a German journalist, travels to the city of Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay about the situation. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Stupeur et tremblements / Fear and Trembling (2003) Alain Corneau, Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Tarô Suwa, Comedy, Drama
A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. Read More »
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse AKA The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) Fritz Lang, Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Peter Barter gets murdered while driving to his tv station. Commisioner Kras gets a phone call from clairvoyant Cornelius who saw Barter’s death in a vision. Read More »
Street of No Return (1989) Samuel Fuller, Keith Carradine, Valentina Vargas, Bill Duke, Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
A rock star-turned-bum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman Read More »
The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) Joseph Losey, Glenda Jackson, Michael Caine, Helmut Berger, Comedy, Drama
What is real and what is fiction? Faced with writer’s block with his novel, Lewis Fielding turns to a film script about a woman finding herself Read More »
La prima notte di quiete / Indian Summer (1972) Valerio Zurlini, Alain Delon, Giancarlo Giannini, Sonia Petrovna, Drama
In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the Liceu replacing another teacher. Read More »
Quand tu liras cette lettre / When You Read This Letter (1953) Jean-Pierre Melville, Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson, Drama
Juliette Greco plays Therese, a nun-in-training who returns to “civilian” life to care for her young sister Denise (Irene Gatter). Read More »
Danton (1983) Andrzej Wajda, Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Biography, Drama, History
Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre’s incitement Read More »
Candy (1968) Christian Marquand, Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, Charles Aznavour, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Candy Christian is an innocent young girl when she first hears NcPhito, an alcoholic Welsh poet, talk of love and self-sacrifice. Read More »
Waiting for Happiness (2002) Sissako, Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Drama, Music
On the seacoast of Mauritania, some wait to go to Europe. Khatra, a spirited boy, wants an electric light so he can read at night. Read More »