A police officer Langlois (Claude Giraud) arrives during a snow storm in a small town. He has been summoned by the prosecutor (Charles Vanel) to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. Soon it becomes clear a serial killer is at large and the killer starts to taunt the officer. As the investigation concludes the young naive officer is tormented by the self knowledge gained from the experience.
Directed by François Leterrier from a screenplay adapted…
This is a one of kind. It's funny, playful, attention grabbing, and has probably the most complex structure of any film out there (you want to be fully awake for this one). There are films that push the envelope of nesting flashbacks within flashbacks, but this is the only one that warps time and space. The nesting goes to unheard of levels with characters and events crossing back and forth between nested stories. It's a definite head trip and it's…
Slice of life pseudo documentary of the Beatles as they dodge crazed fans and have tongue in cheek adventures while preparing for a TV appearance. The Fab Four are accompanied by fictional characters: Paul's "very clean" grandfather (Wilfred Brambell), their put upon manager (Norman Rossington), and faithful roadie (John Junkin).
Directed by Richard Lester with a screenplay by Alun Owen. The film does a great job capturing the group's unique sense of humor, while interspersing segments of silent comedy mayhem.…
In a mountain chalet, the novelist Sandra Voyter (Sandra Hüller) is being interviewed by a student. The interview is canceled when her husband (Samuel Theis) passive aggressively blasts music from the attic. After the student leaves, the blind son Daniel (Milo Machado-Graner) goes for a walk with his guide dog and on his return discovers his father dead from a fall. Sandra insists that it must be an accident and her lawyer suggests it might have been suicide. Evidence of…
Set in the south after the civil war, an orphan boy runs away from his cruel foster parents and meets various people during a series of adventures.
Directed by Servando González who later directed the excellent Mexican ghost story film El escapulario (1968). This is an English language film with Hollywood actors. The boy is played by Edward Albert (Eddie Albert's son in his first film role). He meets a dirty (as in filthy) old man (Henry Hull), a creepy…
Three thieves rob and kill a family, take their money, and set a fire to cover their tracks. This takes place on the day of the tragic sinking of a ferry. In the commotion of the rescue operation, the thieves take a boat and escape. Two of the thieves show up as unclaimed bodies presumed to be from the ferry accident, which raises suspicions in the police. Once they identify the bodies as two of the thieves, a search commences…
