France 2 cinéma (Firm)
Series
Criterion collection volume 1218
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Formats
Description
The closer we look, the less we know in Justine Triet's masterful, Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall, an eerily riveting courtroom thriller that examines the line where truth becomes fiction and fiction becomes truth. When Sandra Voyter (a transfixing Sandra Hüller), a writer who turns the material of her life into autofiction, is put on trial for the suspicious death by defenestration--or was it suicide?--of her husband, it opens up an inquiry that...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Set in France in 1889, the film follows the life of Dodin Bouffant as a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love, but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her."--Container.
3) Sibyl
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Lacking inspiration for her new novel, psychotherapist SIBYL (Virginie Efira) begins to borrow source material from her newest patient (Adèle Exarchopoulos), blurring fiction and reality in this sly, sultry character study.
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
François and his fellow teachers prepare for a new year at a high school in a tough neighborhood. Armed with the best intentions, they brace themselves to not let discouragement stop them from trying to give the best education to their students. Cultures and attitudes often clash in the classroom, a microcosm of contemporary France. As amusing and inspiring as the teenaged students can be, their difficult behavior can still jeopardize any teacher's...
6) Adore
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Escape to a close-knit seaside community where friendship, love and lust collide. A sensual yet thought provoking drama in which two lifelong friends find themselves entangled in passionate sexual relationships with each other's sons. As they struggle to make sense of conflicting emotions and desires, the lines between family, friendship and morality are blurred. When powerful bonds reach their breaking point, discover what truly keeps us connected....
7) Miss Sloane
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
In the world of political power brokers, Sloane takes on the most powerful opponent of her career and will do whatever is required to win.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Description
A soaring epic of honor, greed, betrayal and love from award-winning director Jean-Jacques Annaud. After years of bloody conflict, the leaders of two rival kingdoms reluctantly agree to end the fighting. But when oil is discovered between their territories, the war is re-ignited. Now it is up to their children-young lovers who have married in hopes of bringing the families together-to find a way to end the violence and bring peace to the land.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Formats
Description
Three years of shooting were needed by five teams in order to follow bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to another, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
It's love at first sight when bridesmaid Senta falls into the life of a handsome young Phillipe at the wedding of his younger sister. As passion for one another intensifies, Phillipe slowly discovers that Senta is shrouded in mystery. When one day she asks Phillipe to perform a terrible deed as proof of his love for her, Phillipe must come to terms with who his lover might really be.
11) The Old Oak
Pub. Date
[2024]
Formats
Description
The Old Oak is a deeply moving drama about loss, fear, and the difficulty of finding hope. The Old Oak is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen through hard times. There is growing anger, resentment, and a lack of hope among the residents, but the pub and its proprietor TJ are a fond presence to their customers. When a group of Syrian refugees move into the floundering...
12) Intimacy
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
In this provocative film, what starts out as a weekly anonymous tryst between a divorced man (Mark Rylance) and a married woman (Kerry Fox) turns into a searing portrait of loneliness and emotional need. Winner of three prizes at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. Official selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**. *"INTIMACY is a raw, wounding, powerfully acted film, and you cannot look away from it." - Roger Ebert, **Chicago Sun-Times***...
13) Swimming pool
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Description
Sarah is a famous British murder mystery author. Tired of London and seeking inspiration for her new novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher to stay at his home in the south of France. Sarah finds that the beautiful country locale and unhurried pace is just the tonic for her - until late one night, when John's sexy and provocative daughter, Julie, unexpectedly arrives. Sarah's English reserve is jarred by Julie's lifestyle. An increasingly...
Publisher
Cartoon Saloon
Pub. Date
©2010
Description
Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
In this animated drama set in Paris in 2054, all movement is monitored and recorded. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export -- youth and beauty. In this world of stark contrasts and rigid laws the populace is kept in line and accounted for.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Description
A wealthy industrialist is found murdered in his home while his family gathers for the holiday season. The house is isolated and the phone lines have been found to be cut. Eight women are his potential murderers. Each is a suspect and each has a motive. Only one is guilty.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Description
A thief is on the run from a life of crime. A nightclub singer is hoping to escape from the blues of heartache. Two lost souls who have become fugitives from the past. Now fate is bringing them together in the unfolding present. Halfway around the world, in a mysterious and enchanted village, they will each seek a way to literally save their lives, while discovering a love that will radically change them both.
Series
Criterion collection volume 771
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Sandra, who lives in Belgium, has just been released from a psychiatric hospital only to find that she no longer has a job. According to management, the only way Sandra can regain her position at the factory is to convince her co-workers to sacrifice their much-needed yearly bonuses. So, over the course of one weekend, Sandra must confront each co-worker individually in order to win a majority of their votes, before time runs out.
20) Jimmy's hall
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
In 1921 Jimmy Gralton's sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in an Ireland on the brink of Civil War. The Pearse-Connolly Hall was a place where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream; but above all to dance and have fun. As the hall grew in popularity its socialist and free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy to flee and the hall to close.