Aurélie Saada is a composer, actress, and writer who directed her first movie, released in 2021. Rose is a 103-minute drama about an older French woman that loses her husband and finds a new zest for life, which upsets her family. The movie starts with a glimpse of Rose and her husband’s relationship. At a…
In Custody/The Proprietor [Cohen Media Group] Blu-ray release
Cohen Film Collection released a double feature of In Custody and The Proprietor. Both films were directed by Ismail Merchant (of Merchant Ivory fame). “In Custody” tells the story of a scholar (Deven) who is given the task of writing a piece on a great Urdu poet, Nur Sahib. Arriving in the poet’s village, Deven…
I am a Nymphomaniac/I am Frigid…Why? [Blu-ray] Mondo Macabro Review
I am a Nymphomaniac is a 1970 French erotica film that is very light on eroticism. Sandra Julien plays the main character (Carole) who suffers a head injury and suddenly starts craving sex. While she is a beautiful woman, the movie keeps sabotaging itself and destroying any sensuality by having the main character feel shame…
Love on the Ground Blu-ray review
Love on the Ground is a French drama from 1984 that stars a pair of theater troupe members who are invited to a theater performance, and their lives are forever changed! Taking place in Paris, Emily (Jane Birkin, Dark Places, Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eye) and Charlotte (Geraldine Chaplin, Z.P.G., The Age of Innocence)…
Monsieur Hire Blu-ray review
People that live quiet lives alone and generally keep to themselves might related to Patrice Leconte’s Monsieur Hire. This picture looks at a man who is a loner but finds love through a window. This is the tragic story of Hire (Michel Blanc, Strike It Rich, The Odd Job) a middle-aged man who lives alone…
Going Places (1974 film) Blu-ray review
Bertrand Blier’s Going Places (aka Les Valseuses) is a 1974 French comedy drama that is about two guys and lots of girls. French screen legends Miou-Miou, Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere star in this movie, which is infamous for its look at sexuality, sex acts and loads of nudity! The” plot” has to do with…