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L'argent ( Money ) (1983)
Director: Robert Bresson
Starring: Christian Patey, Vincent Risterucci
Aka 'Money'. Bresson's classic film, adapted from a story by Tolstoy, tells of the tragic chain of events which ensue when two schoolboys pass a forge... Read more
Le Samourai (1967)
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, Francois Perier
A riveting thriller and a nightmare of urban alienation, this is director Melville's reinterpretation of the dark world of Hollywood's gangster 'noirs... Read more
Cinema Paradiso: Director's Cut (1988)
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Salvatore Cascio, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin
A charming, bittersweet tribute to the power of movies which won 1989's Best Foreign Film Academy Award. A filmmaker returns to his Sicilian hometown... Read more
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1966)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Marina Vlady, Anny Duperey, Roger Montsoret
Inspired by a real article on housewife prostitution, the film examines Godard's theory that those living in 60s Paris had to prostitute themselves to... Read more
The Piano (1993)
Director: Jane Campion
Starring: Anna Paquin, Genevieve Lemon, Harvey Keitel, Holly Hunter, Sam Neill, Kerry Walk...
Ada (Holly Hunter), her nine-year-old daughter (Anna Paquin) and her piano arrive to an arranged marriage in nineteenth century New Zealand in this Pa... Read more
The Last Emperor (1987)
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Victor Wong
A stunning milestone in the history of cinema; John Lone stars as Pu Yi, emperor of China, who comes from a long history of a tradition that is irreve... Read more
Les Diaboliques (1954)
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring: Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
An acknowledged influence on "Psycho", Henri-Georges Clouzot's horror classic is the story of a sadistic headmaster who brutalizes his fragile wife an... Read more
Total Eclipse (1995)
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer
Ambitious biopic tracing the stormy romance between poets Verlaine and Rimbaud. Critically disliked, but forgiving fans of the stars and those seeking... Read more
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irene Jacob
Fashion model Irene Jacob meets an embittered retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) by accident, then develops a relationship with him and enters his... Read more
Night and Fog (1955)
Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: Jean Cayrol
One of the most haunting documentaries ever made, director Alain Resnais' ("Hiroshima, Mon Amour") powerful examination of the horrors of the Holocaus... Read more