May 1940 – Germany invades Europe, people panic and try to flee by any means possible. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Monsieur Fantômas (1937) Ernst Moerman, Jacqueline Arpé, Françoise Bert, L. Degroote
In this surrealist piece of avant-garde generation of Belgian cinema, French masked master of crime Fantômas travels Read More »
Élise ou la vraie vie (1970) Michel Drach, Marie-José Nat, Mohamed Chouikh, Bernadette Lafont
In 1957, Elise Le Tellier, a young woman from Bordeaux, decides to join her brother Lucien Read More »
Deux hommes dans Manhattan / Two Men in Manhattan (1959) Jean-Pierre Melville, Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes, Ginger Hall
A French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau (Jean-Pierre Melville) Read More »
The Taste of Violence / Le goût de la violence (1961) Robert Hossein, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf
This European “western” by Robert Hossein (scripter, director, and lead) is set in an unnamed Latin American country suffering under a dictator. Read More »
Liar’s Moon (1982) David Fisher, Matt Dillon, Cindy Fisher, Hoyt Axton
Against the wishes of both families, a poor boy and a wealthy banker’s daughter elope Read More »
La femme de Gilles / Gilles’ Wife (2004) Frédéric Fonteyne, Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet
Gilles’ wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him Read More »
The Xango from Baker Street / O Xangô de Baker Street (2001) Miguel Faria Jr., Joaquim de Almeida, Anthony O’Donnell, Maria de Medeiros
Rio de Janeiro, 1886. Actress Sarah Bernhardt performs at the city’s Municipal Theater Read More »
The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961) Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, Marie Laforêt, Paul Guers, Françoise Prévost
A skirt-chasing fashion photographer meets a charming young woman who captures his interest immediately. Read More »
Milou en mai / May Fools (1990) Louis Malle, Miou-Miou, Michel Piccoli, Michel Duchaussoy
Like Vanya, in Malle’s last film, Milou never left the family estate. His mother dies during the May 1968 student uprising in Paris. Read More »