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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 »
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 »
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 »
The Good and the Bad (1976) Claude Lelouch, Marlène Jobert, Jacques Dutronc, Brigitte Fossey

The story takes place in France from 1935 to 1945 where a gang use a Citroën car to hold up stores and banks. Read More »
The Vanishing Corporal (1962) Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur, O.E. Hasse

An upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Read More »
Just Before Nightfall (1971) Claude Chabrol, Celia, Marina Ninchi, Michel Bouquet

Charles Masson, an advertising executive, is having an affair with Laura, the wife of his best friend, the architect François Tellier. Read More »