BREATHLESS (1960)
byA thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle cop, fleeing the police to Italy with a hip American journalism student…
FRENCH CINEMA
BEAU TRAVAIL (1999)
byAn ex-Foreign Legion officer recalls his once glorious life, leading troops in Djibouti.
A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902)
byA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)
byIn the future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil at bay.
THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC (1999)
byA young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.
AMERICA AS SEEN BY A FRENCHMAN (1960)
byA 1960 French documentary film directed by François Reichenbach about his travels around the USA.
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (2019)
byOn an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the 18th-century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
CLIMAX (2018)
byFrench dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.
The Early Films of Olivier Assayas: DISORDER (1986) • WINTER’S CHILD (1989)
byFrench writer-director Olivier Assayas is capable of great things. Irma Vep (1996) is one of my favourite arthouse classics and Cold Water (1994) is…
COLD WATER (1994)
byA rebellious teenage couple escape the rigid order suffocating them, seeking sanctuary to cultivate their artistic expression and live free.
REVENGE (2017)
byNever take your mistress on an annual guys’ getaway, especially one devoted to hunting. A violent lesson for three wealthy married men.
GODARD + GORIN – FIVE FILMS (1968-1971)
byA box set with five innovative film collaborations from legendary French director Jean-Luc Godard and maverick film writer Jean-Pierre Gorin, shot in a revolutionary style in an attempt to disseminate explosive political ideas and shake up cinema…