Love hurts, and this film goes further than most in illustrating the point. Zulawski’s
style of film making, with its iron-fisted realism and colour-rich photography... [More...]
Whilst not generally regarded as one of Claude Chabrol’s better works, Les innocents aux mains sales is
still definitely worth watching if only because it is one of the
director’s weirder and less predictable... [More...]
Another exquisitely composed portrait of mid-life crisis from Claude Sautet, Mado is
an absorbing work which engages the spectator by solidly locking onto the personal traumas
of its well-drawn characters... [More...]
Having appeared in four of Claude Sautet’s previous films, mainly in significant
supporting roles, Austrian-born actress Romy Schneider takes centre stage in Une
histoire simple... [More...]
Clair de femme is not the kind of film you would
associate with director Costa-Gavras. Best known for his high profile political
thrillers, such as Z
(1969) and État
de siege (1973)... [More...]
Romy Schneider delivers one of her most memorable performances in this lavish period production
from director Francis Girod. The Austrian-born actress who became a star of French
cinema in the 1960s was at her peak when... [More...]
This low-key science-fiction drama from acclaimed director Bertrand Tavernier has proven
to be chillingly prophetic. Twenty years on, fly-on-the-wall documentaries and "reality"
shows have become the staple diet of most... [More...]
This brilliantly taut psychological thriller from director Claude Miller features a remarkable
confrontation between two leading figures in French cinema... [More...]
In her final film appearance, Romy Schneider gives one of her finest
performances – in fact two performances, since she gets to play two
quite different characters caught up in a compelling revenge
drama... [More...]
