In 1930, following their short film triumph UN CHIEN ANDALOU, Bunuel and Dali created an hour long avant-garde tour de force that's both an aesthetic avalanche of boldness and a withering attack on a... more
Two films are included. Wooden Crosses: In France's answer to All Quiet on the Western Front, a World War I regiment trudges from patriotism to disillusionment.
One of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made and a mind-bending free-form travelogue: La Jetée (Jean Negroni, Helene Chatelain. 1962/28 min.) and Sans Soleil (Florence Delay,... more
One of the most influential political films in history, THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, by Gillo Pontecorvo (KAPO), vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the... more
This 1950 update of the Orphic myth by Jean Cocteau (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST) depicts a famous poet (Jean Marais) scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife Eurydice (Marie Dia) and... more
Benoit Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux. A "reality-TV" crew follows the daily activities and murderous habits of a charming, poetry-reciting homicidal maniac in this bizarre comic spoof. In French with... more
Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant. Nobody can halt the insatiable pleasure-seeking of the gorgeous Bardot—least of all her husband—in this sexy classic set in the French Riviera. Includes HD... more
Jean Marais, Josette Day. Jean Cocteau's hauntingly beautiful, visually dazzling masterpiece returns from the 1940s to reincarnate the surrealistic and magical spin he so eloquently placed on the... more
Albert Prejean, Pola Illery, Edmond T. Greville. Legendary director Rene Clair's famed classic about two Parisian street performers and the powerful love they share. In French with English subtitles.... more
Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor. This famous comedy/drama contrasting affaires d'amour of aristocrats and servants during a weekend outing in the country, is thought by many critics to be the best movie... more
Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor. This famous comedy/drama contrasting affaires d'amour of aristocrats and servants during a weekend outing in the country, is thought by many critics to be the best movie... more
The Belgian filmmaking team of brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (THE KID WITH A BIKE) turned heads with ROSETTA, an intense viriti drama that closely follows a poor young woman struggling to... more
Even among cinemas greatest legends, Jean Vigo stands alone. The son of a notorious anarchist, Vigo had a brief but brilliant career making poetic, lightly surrealist films before his life was cut... more
One of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made and a mind-bending free-form travelogue: La Jetée (Jean Negroni, Helene Chatelain. 1962/28 min.) and Sans Soleil (Florence Delay,... more
From French director Rene Clair, a satire on the age of automation. Two friends working on a prison assembly line execute a daring escape. Years later, their paths cross again when one has become a... more
Jane Finda, Anna Karina. An inspired and passionate retelling of Jean Anouilh's romantic story, transplanted from 19th century Vienna to the Art Nouveau streets of Paris. Directed by Roger Vadim.... more
After well-to-do bookseller Edouard Lestingois (Charles Granval) rescues a tramp from a suicidal plunge into the Seine, his family adopts the bum and dedicates itself to reforming him.
The Belgian filmmaking team of brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (THE KID WITH A BIKE) turned heads with ROSETTA, an intense viriti drama that closely follows a poor young woman struggling to... more
This is the breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne (THE KID WITH A BIKE), who would go on to become a force in world filmmaking. The brothers brought the unerring eye for detail and... more
Anna Karina, Sami Frey. A young woman enlists the aid of two bumbling burglars to steal her aunt's stash, but both fall for her and the plan goes haywire. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. In French with... more
Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani. A ganster's girl falls for a reformed criminal in this evocative story of doomed romance set in the seedy streets of postwar Paris. 1952/b&w/98 min/NR/fullscreen.
A tormented overweight girl whose sister is a teenage beauty struggles with her demons while her family vacations at a deary seaside town—and a handsome Italian law student romances her sister.... more
With his raw style of filmmaking, Maurice Pialat has been called the John Cassavetes of French cinema, and the scorching + nos amours is one of his greatest achievements. In a revelatory film debut,... more
French, subtitled in English. A vacation with a friend turns into a horrifying nightmare when a young woman flees from a train, only to stumble into a remote village overtaken by it's zombie-like... more
A musical comedy from director Rene Clair. A pair of penniless artists win a fortune in a lottery only to discover that the ticket was left in an old jacket inadvertently given away to a beggar. In... more