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Calcutta (1969) Louis Malle
With minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from Calcutta Read More »
Around a Small Mountain (2009) Jacques Rivette, Jane Birkin, Sergio Castellitto, André Marcon
Kate (Jane Birkin) is driving along a winding mountain road when her car stalls. Read More »
The Wing and the Thigh (1976) Claude Zidi, Louis de Funès, Coluche, Ann Zacharias
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and the publisher of a famous restaurant guide Read More »
Duchess Of Langeais (2007) Jacques Rivette, Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier
In Majorca, in 1823, a French general, Armand de Montriveau, overhears a cloistered nun singing in a chapel; he insists on speaking to her. Read More »
The Wedding Ring (1970) Christian de Chalonge, Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Carrière, Isabelle Sadoyan
A vet meets a mysterious woman through a dating agency and moves into her large apartment. Read More »
US Go Home (1994) Claire Denis, Alice Houri, Jessica Tharaud, Grégoire Colin
The 1960’s: Martine lives with her mother in a Parisian suburb near an American military base. Read More »
The Dogs (1979) Alain Jessua, Gérard Depardieu, Victor Lanoux, Nicole Calfan
After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to stop to the climb of violence. Read More »
The Eternal Return (1943) Jean Delannoy, Madeleine Sologne, Jean Marais, Jean Murat
Eternal Return (L’Eternel Retour) translates the Tristan and Isolde legend into contemporary (e.g. 1939) terms. Read More »
Les filles du Golden Saloon (1975) Gilbert Roussel, Sandra Julien, Evelyne Scott, Roger Darton
Richard le Noir, disguised as a woman, helps free the local girls of the California town of Harriba Lannana, from enslavement at a local brothel called the Golden Saloon. Read More »