Posted on December 11, 2024
The opera is a lampoon of the ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. In this version Orpheus is not the son of Apollo but a rustic violin teacher. He Read More
Posted on December 6, 2024
Jean Cocteau’s update of the Orpheus myth depicts a famous poet (Jean Marais), scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife, Eurydice (Marie Déa), Read More
Posted on October 9, 2024
The wise and peace-loving Queen Christina (Greta Garbo) has ruled Sweden since the age of 6, when her heroic father died in battle. Pressured to marry her cousin Karl Read More
Posted on October 1, 2024
Writer-director Sophie Deraspe’s incisive liberal adaptation of the Greek tragedy by Sophocles is the daring story of one young woman’s commitment to her family, even if it means sacrificing Read More
Posted on October 17, 2023
In November 1918, two soldiers–a disfigured but brilliant artist and an ex-accountant–start a memorial con. But in Roaring Twenties France, their adventures soon turn dangerous. A few days before Read More
Posted on September 26, 2022
In “Chaos,” Serreau opens a new front, directing a furious cross-cultural barrage at male abuse. The plot centers on Paul and Helene, two well-fixed Parisians who are en route Read More
Posted on September 26, 2022
Francois Pignon (Daniel Auteil) is a mousy, grey, drab accountant,working in a condom factory, who can’t even get in the company picture. He overhears, while in the bathroom from Read More
Posted on August 31, 2022
Inspired by the novel of the same name by Françoise Chandernagor, this two-part television film retraces the life of Françoise d’Aubigné, who became Madame de Maintenon. Following a brief Read More
Posted on July 21, 2022
Margaret, the wife of a British diplomat in Paris, is keeping a secret. She’s having an affair—with a chimpanzee. After her husband catches the two of them in flagrante Read More
Posted on July 20, 2022
The French have always had a way with words, which is why the annual college concours Eloquentia, or eloquence competitions, seem to have the same status there that the Read More
