France

A documentary about surrealist artist Salvador Dali, narrated by Orson Welles.Read More »

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.Read More »

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Two French girls get lost in the woods and accidentally enter the realm of sorceress Morgana Le Fay – who gives them the choice of either staying young forever as her lovers, or rot in a dungeon for eternity.Read More »

The Guardian wrote:
Romain Gavras’s new drama-thriller is about racism, violence and injustice in the Paris banlieues – broadly in the tradition of Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine and Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables. It’s spectacular and immersive, with a sensational opening. But it gets bogged down in its own one-note, one-tempo uproar and open-ended parkour camerawork – impressive though that is – and suffers from a number of sneaky false-flag get-out clauses that feel like a cop-out.Read More »

A French couple burnt out by the routine of their daily family life decides after much hesitation to travel to Sicily for a short holiday.Read More »

Andrzej Żuławski’s directorial debut, adapted from The Witch, an 1886 short story by Anton Chekhov.

The shooting took place in December 1958 when Żuławski was still a student of IDHEC (now called La Femis).Read More »

In 1999, Chris Marker questions Bajram Rexhepi, the new Albanian mayor of Mitrovica (Kosovo) on the conflict which comes from within his country and in which he took part as a surgeon. His lucid analysis of the recent situation and the requirements to join together so that true peace settles, raises hope.Read More »

“Those who assume classical musicians are sissies may have to adjust their thinking after Tomorrow At Dawn, in which classical music meets historical battle re-enactments to excellent effect…Read More »

A private detective arrives in a small provincial town to investigate a series of murders…

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Creuzeville, a small provincial town with its woods, its countryside, its ramparts, its mass and its little Sunday cakes. A stranger arrives. He’s a private investigator in Creuzeville, over which an old family of industrialists reigns, a murder has just been committed…Read More »