
According to Scandinavian legend, whosoever dies on the stroke of Midnight on the last day of the year (St. Sylvester’s Night) must assume the duties of the “phantom charioteer,” collecting souls for the next 365 days. Read More »
Tag Archives: french
Istanbul (1985) Marc Didden, Brad Dourif, Dominique Deruddere, Ingrid De Vos, Thriller, Drama

Willy, a student, quits his vacationjob to go to Istanbul with the sinister yet facinating Klamski. Read More »
La fille de 15 ans (1989) Judith Godrèche, Melvil Poupaud, Jacques Doillon, Drama, Romance

Willy, a middle-aged divorcee, decides to take his 15 year-old son, Thomas, on holiday to Ibiza, staying at an isolated villa on the unspoilt part of the coast. Read More »
La victoire en chantant / Black and White in Color (1976) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jean Carmet, Catherine Rouvel, Jacques Spiesser, Comedy, Drama, War

French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Read More »
Hell is for Heroes (1962) Don Siegel, Steve McQueen

World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver Read More »
Man with the Transplanted Brain (1971) Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Professor Marcilly is a famed brain specialist who, following in-depth and extended research work, is now able to perform brain transplant surgery. Read More »
Kamikaze (1986) Didier Grousset, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Dominique Lavanant, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Albert is old, lonely, drunken and unemployed, but an expert in computers. Read More »
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 »