
22 Oct 1974

And the Bombs Keep Falling
France 1944. A landslide imprisons five American soldiers in a cave where, after seven days, they find a passage that leads to a cache of weapons, food and Germans.
A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.
Danton
Camille Desmoulins
Lucile Desmoulins
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
Robespierre
Marat
Charlotte Corday
Bailly
Gabrielle Danton
Vicomte de Mirabeau
Marquis de Lafayette
Duchesse de Polignac
Princesse de Lamballe
Sanson
Axel de Fersen
Jacques Necker
Hébert
Fouquier-Tinville
Vadier
22 Oct 1974
France 1944. A landslide imprisons five American soldiers in a cave where, after seven days, they find a passage that leads to a cache of weapons, food and Germans.
31 Jul 2014
A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.
21 Oct 2021
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Alyssa (Lana Boy) follows her artistic aspirations to Los Angeles, leaving behind her husband Luka (Emmanuel Berthelot), who promises to join her later. The pandemic-induced lockdowns force them apart, straining their relationship until the couple decides it’s best to separate. Upon returning to Paris to finalize her divorce, Alyssa finds herself engulfed in her past life with Luka and old friends, all of which have moved on. She starts to question whether she was selfish to leave her past life behind in pursuit of career goals. Should she have been happy with the “little life” she left behind? Could she have been?
22 Apr 1960
Four Parisian women navigate the world of romance and daily life looking to fulfill their dreams.
17 Mar 1954
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
13 Jul 1933
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
16 Mar 1990
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.
07 Feb 1997
In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets and pokey transportation system were a source of constant complaint. On March 24, 1900, ground was broken for the Big Apple's subway; the Interborough Rapid Transit Line opened four years later, running more than 26 miles of underground track at the speed of 35 miles per hour. Soon thousands in the city were "doing the subway."
15 Dec 1983
Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers an analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts, memory and the past. The film focuses on the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, who observes, 'I think cinema, when it's not boring, is the art of letting ghosts come back.' He also says that 'memory is the past that has never had the form of the present.'
20 Oct 2005
1547. Fernando de Gama, a young "Soldier of Fortune" from Portugal, set sail for the Orient in an effort to find a man who murdered his father and, with luck, like many of their compatriots, to make his fortune. A vicious storm in the Indian Ocean almost ended his plans when he was on the ship sank. The sole survivor, he was washed up on a tropical beach only to be captured by Arab slavers and taken to Ayutthaya in the kingdom of Siam, where he was offered for sale as a slave.
12 Apr 2015
Bakur (North) is a documentary that invites its audience to reflect on a war that has been continuing for decades and gives an insightful look on its main subject, the PKK. The film follows the lives of the guerilla in three different camps on the Kurdish region (north) that lies within Turkish borders.
30 Jun 2005
Based on the model of documentary fiction (alternating period films, interviews and re-enactments with actors), the film begins on September 8, 1961 with the failure of the Pont-sur-Seine attack on a road convoy carrying Charles de Gaulle, then President of the Republic, and continues with the slow preparation, the occurrence and the consequences of the Petit-Clamart attack on August 22, 1962.
09 Oct 1937
This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was raised by Indians in America.
24 Oct 1978
Camille, a young, provincial, proletarian man works for Hélène Courtray, who is still beautiful and seductive. She's a sophisticated, cultivated and well-to-do woman who has engaged him to care for her reclusive son who has spent the past few years voluntarily locked up in his room. An encounter between two persons and two worlds where the relationship of the young man to this closed, strange and unknown universe rapidly turns tragedy.
10 Oct 2014
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
19 Jan 2021
Narrator dreams of Madrid while being caught in a repetitive loop somewhere in Paris. He questions if his interlocutor is a real human being, as their dialogue, mostly built of citations, doesn't seem to be helping with breaking the loop.
10 May 1985
A U.S. Navy submarine captain tries to prevent the Soviets from trying to launch World War III.
08 Sep 1967
Susamma, who was raised by her maternal uncle after the death of her mother, joins the Indian Army as a nurse during WWII. She experiences many ups and downs, but stays true to her profession.
12 Jan 1970
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