Burning Like Ice: The Cinema of Catherine Breillat
Summary: Catherine Breillat wrote her first novel in 1968 at the age of 19: L’homme facile. She made her first film, Une vraie jeune fille, in 1976 and it was […]
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)
Synopsis: An old house. . .a mysterious locked room. . .a terrifying secret. Elements that make a horror movie memorably chilling get a taut, spooky reworking in Don’t Be Afraid […]
Parfait amour!
Synopsis: …There’s No Such Thing. Catherine Breillat’s (Fat Girl, Romance) realistic and disturbing story follows the relationship between Frederique and Christophe. 37 years-old and twice divorced, Frederique meets 28 year-old […]
Magic in the Moonlight
Synopsis: Set in the 1920s on the opulent Riviera in the south of France, Woody Allen’s MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT is a romantic comedy about a master magician (Colin Firth) […]
Sale comme un ange
Synopsis: Georges Deblache is a middle aged cop who falls for his partner’s wife. Didier, his partner, is only recently married, but beds women he encounters while doing his job. […]
The Mouse That Roared
Synopsis: All is Fair in Laughs and War! In this classic satire, the Duchess (Peter Sellers) and the Prime Minister (Peter Sellers) of the tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick have […]
36 fillette
Synopsis: A Sexy, French Romantic Drama. Lili, at fourteen, is literally busting out of her children’s size (36 Fillette) dress. While on vacation with her family, she vows to lose […]
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Synopsis: Peter Sellers: Going Like ’60 In A Blissed-Out Comedy Classic One day you’re a career 9-to-5er with a pending marriage. The next, you chuck it all for beads, bell-bottoms […]
Tapage nocturne
Synopsis: Solange is the female version of a womanizing film director who is confident about her conquests and her ability to figure out men. Along comes Bruno, a man she […]
There’s a Girl in My Soup
Synopsis: A saucy romance for the amorous gourmet. Two unique comic talents, Academy Award nominee Peter Sellers (Best Actor in a Leading Role – Being There, 1979 and Dr. Strangelove: […]
Bilitis
Synopsis: Based on a classic novel by Pierre Louys, Bilitis is a young girl who first discovers love while on a summer vacation. What she experiences will change her life […]
Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygène in Moscow
Synopsis: An electronic music spectacular! On the 6th of September, 1997, 3.7 million Muscovites witnessed “Oxygene Moscow” (60 min.), the biggest outdoor live event ever–the celebration of Moscow’s 850th birthday–featuring […]
O.K. Connery
Synopsis: Neil Connery (brother of Sean) stars in this spoof of the JAMES BOND films. A master criminal plans to blackmail Allied governments so that he can control half of […]
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