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  • William Karel – Opération lune aka Dark side of the Moon (2002)

    William Karel2001-2010DocumentaryFranceTV

    That’s all I’ll ‘spoil’ if you haven’t seen this before :

    …how and why the CIA and the NASA hired Stanley Kubrick in 1969 just before Apollo hits the moon…

    IMDB:
    This hard-hitting mockumentary exposes how Stanley Kubrick faked the 1969 moon landing, with seeming-endorsements from many key players in NASA and the US government.Read More »

  • Martine Dugowson – Mina Tannenbaum (1994)

    Drama1991-2000FranceMartine Dugowson

    “Mina Tannenbaum” follows the ups and downs of a long-term friendship between two Jewish French women.
    Young Mina and Ethel meet at ballet class, and instantly take to each other. Through the years, they maintain their closeness, even when their paths diverge. Mina, thin and lovely, goes through a period of intense shyness and then tries to become a successful artist; the plumper Ethel, insecure and often ashamed of her body, struggles to get her career as a journalist off the ground.
    Then a misunderstanding threatens the relationship… with potentially tragic results.Read More »

  • François Ozon – Peter von Kant (2022)

    2021-2030DramaFranceFrançois OzonQueer Cinema(s)

    Peter Von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means.Read More »

  • Luc Moullet – Essai d’ouverture (1988)

    Arthouse1981-1990FranceLuc MoulletShort Film

    A Man tries different ways to open a Coca Cola bottle.Read More »

  • Aurélie Saada – Rose (2021)

    2021-2030Aurélie SaadaComedyDramaFrance

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    Rose, 78, has just lost her most beloved husband. When her grief gives way to a powerful impulse of life that makes her realize that she can still redefine herself as a woman, the whole balance of the family is upset.Read More »

  • Jean-Jacques Lagrange – La Dame d’outre-nulle part AKA The Lady from Nowhere (1966)

    1961-1970FranceJean-Jacques LagrangeRomanceSci-Fi

    “A mysterious woman, claiming to be a nurse who had disappeared during the bombing of Nagasaki, communicates with an atomic plant engineer by means of his TV set…

    Synopsis:
    A man working in a nuclear center mysteriously receives a television broadcast feed which is intended for him alone. Soon a strange woman appears on the screen. He falls madly in love with her and is decided to reach her wherever she is.Read More »

  • Chantal Akerman – Je Tu Il Elle (1974) (HD)

    1971-1980ArthouseChantal AkermanDramaFrance

    In her provocative first feature, Chantal Akerman stars as an aimless young woman who leaves self-imposed isolation to embark on a road trip that leads to lonely love affairs with a male truck driver and a former girlfriend.Read More »

  • Jean-Luc Brunet – Le lit d’Élodie (1983)

    1981-1990EroticaFranceJean-Luc Brunet

    Elodie leaves her husband Laurent when she discovers he has a mistress (Olivia Flores). She gets drunk in a bar and shares a bottle with a wino (Yves Callas) in the street. they have sex over the top of some rubbish bins. She then goes to her sister’s place and interrupts her (Cathy Stewart) in bed with her boyfriend, christophe. They go off to stay with their father (Jacques Marbeuf) in the country. He has a very obliging maid, Hélène, and a shy young man, Guillaume, is staying with him – the relationship is not clear. Guillaume becomes infatuated with Elodie. The maid’s boyfriend is Jean-Pierre Armand. Cathy meets him and Alain Lyle in the street and arranges a date with Alain. They have sex in the car and Jean-Pierre watches and joins in having just left Hélène in his bed. guillaume spies on Christine and later deliberately opens a shutter in the night to make a noise that will draw her downstaris in the empty house. They have sex in the darkened lounge when she investigates. But Elodie returns to Laurent who has been phoning roudn to discover where she has gone.Read More »

  • Michel Lemoine – Le retour de Marilyn (1986)

    1981-1990EroticaFranceMichel Lemoine

    IMDB:
    Several erotic love adventures during a bus trip along the castles on the Loire. Finally, the discovery of great love. Moreover, he is called Perfect and she is Love. Ruined couple Donald and Alice are forced to accept the deal that a certain Richard offers them: $ 50,000 for a night with Alice. At first hesitant, they tell themselves that $ 50,000 is well worth a leg in the air. Or maybe two. The situation ends up escaping them.Read More »

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