focus on French language films

12 Angry Men

$11.95 | 96 minutes

Sidney Lumet's directorial debut is a snapshot of the American judicial system in action. Twelve average New York males convene in a very small jury room on a very hot day in order to reach a verdict in a murder trial. Almost everyone wants to vote guilty and get on with their lives except for Juror No. 8 (Henry Fonda), a conscientious…

28 Days Later

$11.95 | 113 minutes

Danny Boyle (SHALLOW GRAVE, TRANSPOTTING) directs this post-apocalyptic thriller set in London after a deadly, Ebola-like virus has swept through the city. Jim (Cillian Murphy), a bicycle messenger who was in an accident just days before the outbreak, is one of very few survivors who awakes 28 days later to a city that has been evacuated…

3 Films by Louis Malle

$69.95 | 363 minutes

Few directors have portrayed the agonies and epiphanies of growing up as poetically – and scandalously – as Louis Malle. Laced with autobiographical details, Murmur of the Heart; Lacombe, Lucien; and Au revoir les enfants tell stories of youth, set against the tumult of World War II and postwar France. Controversial, tragic&hellip…

36 Fillette

$12.95 | 88 minutes

While on a camping vacation with her family, 14-year-old Lili sets out to lose her virginity. She pursues for her first lover Maurice, a 40-year-old computer salesman, but "at the moment of truth," she's assailed by lingering doubts. Alternately aggressive and resistant, Lili confuses herself and frustrates Maurice as she tries to make…

5 x 2

$29.95 | 90 minutes

Focusing on the failed relationship of a thirtysomething couple, French director Francois Ozon (SWIMMING POOL, UNDER THE SAND) organizes this film into five chapters they shared together. In backwards chronology, the first chapter of Marion (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) and Gilles's (Stephane Freiss) story has them signing divorce papers&hellip…

A Louvre Treasure: Awakening Apollo

$26.95 | 85 minutes

This documentary beautifully captures the amazing process of restoring the Louvre's gorgeous Apollo Gallery to its original glory, undoing years of water damage and accumulated grime. In 2002, 60 highly trained experts used their unusual skills and an impressive amount of sheer effort to carefully rehabilitate one of the world-famous&hellip…

A Man and a Woman

$15.95 | 103 minutes

While visiting their children at boarding school, handsome race car driver Jean-Louis meets movie script-girl Anne, a slightly sullen but beautiful widow. A widower himself, Jean-Louis discovers he and Anne have quite a bit in common. Remembering for the first time what it's like to feel overwhelmed by passion, they begin a rapturous&hellip…

A Man Escaped

$23.95 | 100 minutes

This compelling, thrilling tale of courage and faith recounts a Resistance fighter's daring escape from a Nazi prison, just hours before he was to be executed. Based on a true story, the film meticulously details Lieutenant Fontaine's preparations for escape. With stealth and precision, he puts into action a plan as suspenseful as anything&hellip…

A Mighty Wind

$10.95 | 92 minutes

Christopher Guest follows up his hilarious mockumentary BEST IN SHOW with this parody of the folk music industry. Three well-known folk groups come together for a reunion concert in New York City, singing brilliantly funny songs and producing uniquely bizarre laughs along the way. The Folksmen are an all-male trio consisting of an upright…

A Nos Amours

$34.95 | 102 minutes

With his raw style of filmmaking, Maurice Pialat has been called the John Cassavetes of French cinema, and the scorching À nos amours is one of his greatest achievements. In a revelatory film debut, the dynamic, fresh-faced Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a fifteen-year-old Parisian who embarks on a sexual rampage in an effort to separate&hellip…