According to Scandinavian legend, whosoever dies on the stroke of Midnight on the last day of the year (St. Sylvester’s Night) must assume the duties of the “phantom charioteer,” collecting souls for the next 365 days. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Istanbul (1985) Marc Didden, Brad Dourif, Dominique Deruddere, Ingrid De Vos, Thriller, Drama
Willy, a student, quits his vacationjob to go to Istanbul with the sinister yet facinating Klamski. Read More »
La Femme du boulanger / The Bakers Wife (1938) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin, Comedy, Drama
In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. Read More »
La fille de 15 ans (1989) Judith Godrèche, Melvil Poupaud, Jacques Doillon, Drama, Romance
Willy, a middle-aged divorcee, decides to take his 15 year-old son, Thomas, on holiday to Ibiza, staying at an isolated villa on the unspoilt part of the coast. Read More »
La victoire en chantant / Black and White in Color (1976) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jean Carmet, Catherine Rouvel, Jacques Spiesser, Comedy, Drama, War
French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Read More »
Hell is for Heroes (1962) Don Siegel, Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Drama, War
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Read More »
Man with the Transplanted Brain (1971) Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Professor Marcilly is a famed brain specialist who, following in-depth and extended research work, is now able to perform brain transplant surgery. Read More »
Kamikaze (1986) Didier Grousset, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Dominique Lavanant, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Albert is old, lonely, drunken and unemployed, but an expert in computers. Read More »
Midnight Party (1976) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Olivier Mathot, Claude Boisson, Drama, Comedy, Crime, Erotic
A nightclub stripper hooks up with two playboys and ends up with an invitation to their midnight orgy. Read More »
I Am Frigid Why? (1972) Max Pécas, Sandra Julien, Marie-Georges Pascal, Jean-Luc Terrade, Drama, Erotic
The title to this underrated follow-up to director Pecas “I Am A Nymphomaniac” seems to mislead people into thinking this film doesn’t deliver the eurosex goods. Read More »
Maria Chapdelaine (1934) Julien Duvivier, Madeleine Renaud, Suzanne Desprès, Gaby Triquet, Drama
A young woman living with her family on the frontier in Quebec, Canada, endures the hardships of isolation and climate, and chooses between three suitors: a trapper, a farmer, and an immigrant from Paris. Read More »
Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) Jacques Becker, Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Crime, Drama
The middle age bon-vivant Max is a former gangster and close friend of his partner Riton. Read More »
Simple mortel (1991) Pierre Jolivet, Philippe Volter, Christophe Bourseiller, Nathalie Roussel, Thriller
A young man, a researcher in ancient languages, begins to receive strange radio messages in a language only he knows. Read More »
La symphonie pastorale (1946) Jean Delannoy, Pierre Blanchar, Michèle Morgan, Line Noro, Drama
On Christmas Eve, Jean Martens, a Swiss minister, takes in a blind half-crippled orphan and brings her up with his four children. Read More »
From the other side (2002) Chantal Akerman, Documentary
A documentary look at the fate of Mexicans who cross the border into the United States. Read More »