Director: Jean-Pierre Melville (1972) Jean-Pierre Melville’s last film stars Alain Delon as Police Commissioner Coleman who finds himself playing a game of cat and mouse with a gang of thieves after a bank robbery in a small Riviera town goes wrong. The gang is led by Coleman’s friend, Simon (Richard Crenna), a night-club owner and ..Lees verder
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2009) In the heart of the Moroccan desert, at the end of the 1970s, some French mine-clearing experts are hard at work. Suddenly, there’s an explosion… In a suburban house, the telephone rings. Nine-year-old Bazil sees his mother sobbing, the receiver in her hand… We see Bazil again as an adult, in ..Lees verder
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé (2004) A retelling of the glamorous life of Arsène Lupin, the celebrated jewel thief of belle époque Europe. Tired of boring rural life at the family’s luxurious castle in Normandy, Arsène’s father instructs him to steal a particularly necklace once worn by Marie Antoinette. Once the necklace is passed off to his ..Lees verder
Director: Jean-Luc Godard (1965) Dissatisfied in marriage and life, Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) takes to the road with the babysitter, his ex-lover Marianne Renoir (Anna Karina), and leaves the bourgeoisie behind. Yet this is no normal road trip: genius auteur Jean-Luc Godard’s tenth feature in six years is a stylish mash-up of consumerist satire, politics, and ..Lees verder
Director: Jean-Luc Godard (1964) One of pioneering director Jean-Luc Godard’s most accessible films is this French spin on Dolores Hitchens’ novel Fool’s Gold. It tells the tale of three disaffected youths who plan a burglary, leading to deadly results. The alienated young trio is marvelous, particularly Anna Karina, and the early scenes of their clearly ..Lees verder