
Acclaimed French director Jacques Rivette’s version of Emily Bronte’s classic novel. Read More »
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The Third Lover (1962) Claude Chabrol, Jacques Charrier, Stéphane Audran, Walther Reyer, Drama

André Mercier, a journalist known as Albin Mercier, is a failed, embittered writer. Read More »
Beaubourg (1977) Roberto Rossellini

An exploration of the Centre Georges Pompidou and its surroundings on its opening day in 1977. Read More »
Three Hours (1939) Léonide Moguy, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Corinne Luchaire, Édouard Delmont, Drama, Romance, War

During WW1, a train is stopped by a bombing ;a young soldier ,Paul,takes advantage of the opportunity to go to his native village to see his parents. Read More »
Wise Guys (1961) Claude Chabrol, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jean Tissier, Drama

Tale follows a threesome of teens–one a rebellious type, another a more serious type, and the young girl who fits in the middle–as they parade around Paris with carefree attitudes. Read More »
Contempt (1963) Jean-Luc Godard, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Drama

Paul Javal is a writer who is hired to make a script for a new movie about Ulysses more commercial, which is to be directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Jeremy Prokosch. Read More »
Gebo and the Shadow (2012) Manoel de Oliveira, Michael Lonsdale, Claudia Cardinale, Jeanne Moreau, Drama

Set in the late 19th century, about a honored but poor patriarch who sacrifices himself to protect his fugitive son. Read More »
56 rue Pigalle (1949) Willy Rozier, Jacques Dumesnil, Marie Déa, Aimé Clariond, Drama

Lucien Bonnet, Jean Vigneron’s manservant, blackmails his boss, who is having an affair with Inès de Montalban, married to Ricardo. Read More »
Le corps de mon ennemi / Body of My Enemy (1976) Henri Verneuil, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bernard Blier, Marie-France Pisier, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Read More »
Two Days One Night / Deux jours, une nuit (2014) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Drama

Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. Read More »