Drama
Anna Boleyn
The tragic story of the second wife of England's Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
La Belle Noiseuse
Jacques Rivette’s exploration of artistry and eroticism, earned him a Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and a Palme d'Or nomination.
Broken Lullaby
French violinist Paul Renard has returned from World War I triumphant, but is haunted by the death of a German soldier at his hands.
Carmen (1918)
Carmen retells Prosper Merimée’s classic tale of a Romani woman who seduces a military officer and sends each of them on a trajectory of dramatic self-destruction.
The Gang of Four
Four young women share a house on the outskirts of Paris and study acting under a demanding teacher. Outside class, each is questioned by a mysterious investigator on the trail of a former roommate who may be involved in a criminal enterprise.
Joan the Maid - Parts 1 & 2
Director Jacques Rivette's two-part epic based on the life of Joan of Arc.
Love on the Ground
Jane Birkin and Geraldine Chaplin star as theatre troupe members who are invited by a mysterious playwright/director to perform in a strange mansion.
Madame DuBarry
Mesmerizing silent film icon Pola Negri stars as Jeanne Bécu, Countess of Barry, who rises from humble origins to become a plaything of the rich and powerful during the firestorm of the French Revolution.
Secret Defense
When a brilliant scientist (Sandrine Bonnaire) discovers that her father did not die accidentally but was murdered by a family friend, she swears vengeance.
Sumurun
A rebellious harem girl rejects the old sheikh and instead falls for a charming clothing merchant in this exotic spectacle that is one of the key early works of the celebrated director. The cast includes Pola Negri as a traveling dancer and Lubitsch himself as a hunchbacked clown.
The Nun (1965) aka La Religieuse
Adapted from Denis Diderot’s novel, THE NUN (1965) follows a rebellious nun (played by an incandescent Anna Karina) who is forced into taking her vows. Initially shunted into a restrictive, torturous convent, she eventually moves on to a more liberated one, where she becomes an object of Mothe…
Three Women
Pauline Frederick and May McAvoy star as a mother and daughter who find themselves competing for the attention of George, a handsome opportist (Lew Cody) who yearns to lay hands on the women’s $3 million fortune.
Up, Down, Fragile
Inspired by the backstage Hollywood musicals of the 1930s, this later period Rivette recounts the adventures of three young women (Nathalie Richard, Marianne Denicourt, Laurence Côte) in Paris, each at a turning point in her life – and with a musical number (or two)!