Albert is old, lonely, drunken and unemployed, but an expert in computers. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
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 »
Les innocents aux mains sales / Dirty Hands (1975) Claude Chabrol, Romy Schneider, Rod Steiger, François Maistre, Crime, Thriller
Saint Tropez, 1975. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the assassination of her wealthy husband Louis, an impotent who drinks a lot. Read More »
Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965) Jean-Luc Godard, Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Lemmy Caution, an American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. Read More »