What do a club devoted to model trains and the legendary film critic and painter Manny Farber have in common? These two story lines intersect in an attempt to recreate the past. Read More »
Tag Archives: France
Ananas (1984) Amos Gitai, Documentary
One day, when I opened my refrigerator, I looked closely at a can of pineapple. It had been “made in the Philippines,” “packaged in Honolulu,” “distributed in San Francisco” and the label “printed in Japan”. Read More »
Point de fuite / Vanishing Point (1984) Raoul Ruiz, Steve Baës, Rebecca Pauly, Paulo Branco, Drama
A character escapes from the police and after all the money played to draw covers crime novels.
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Amanti / A Place for Lovers (1968) Vittorio De Sica, Faye Dunaway, Marcello Mastroianni, Enrico Simonetti, Drama, Romance
Julia, a divorced American fashion designer, is dying of a tragic, incurable disease. Read More »
Cathy’s Curse (1977) Eddy Matalon, Alan Scarfe, Beverly Murray, Randi Allen, Horror
A young girl is possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt, who died in a car accident. Soon members of her family begin to mysteriously die off. Read More »
Bluebeard (1972) Edward Dmytryk, Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Baron von Sepper is an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned beard, and his appetite for beautiful wives. Read More »
Bez znieczulenia / Without Anesthesia (1978) Andrzej Wajda, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Drama
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. Read More »
The Claim (2000) Michael Winterbottom, Wes Bentley, Peter Mullan, Milla Jovovich, Drama, Romance, Western
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Read More »
Le hérisson / The Hedgehog (2009) Mona Achache, Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, Togo Igawa, Drama
Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Read More »
Qui? / The Sensuous Assassin (1970) Léonard Keigel, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Gabriele Tinti, Mystery, Thriller
Marina and her boyfriend have an argument while on a trip in France. While driving with the car among the cliffs, he starts speeding and the car falls into the sea. Read More »