Clouzot: Early Works
Kino Classics is proud to present CLOUZOT: THE EARLY WORKS, which collects six varied features he worked on from 1931-1933: frothy comedies, boxing dramas, musicals and melodramas.
Cop or Hood AKA Flic ou voyou
When a small-town police chief is found dead in a prostitute’s house, a handsome and quick-witted Paris commissioner is sent to investigate. Posing as the prostitute’s long-lost brother, he discovers a mare’s nest of corrupt cops.
Diary of a Chambermaid
A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris takes a position with a decadent family on a pre-WWII Normandy estate and finds herself in the middle of a hotbed of hypocrisy and perversion.
Fantomas
Louis Feuillade's 5 1/2-hour epic follows Fantômas, the criminal lord of Paris, master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black, as he is pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve and journalist Jerôme Fandor.
I... for Icarus (aka I... comme Icare)
Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, an investigation commission comes up with questionable conclusions about a lone gunman.
Icy Breasts -aka- Les Seins de Glace / Someone is Bleeding
A writer meets a mysterious young widow and falls in love with her. Stalking her to her villa, he finds a lawyer who warns him that she has a dark and violent past.
Journeys Through French Cinema
Bertrand Tavernier guides us through a roster of filmmakers both influential and forgotten, explores how his country’s cinema was shaped by the German occupation and changed again through the New Wave, spotlights little-known female filmmakers, and more.
Joy House
A dashing young con man seeks refuge in the Riviera villa owned by two wealthy American women who are full of sinister surprises.
The Magic of Melies
Tribute is paid to the screen's first special effects wizard in this special collection of marvelously restored prints. In addition to more than a dozen of his early trompes l'oeil - such as Untamable Wiskers, Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer, and The Mermaid - this volume boasts the illuminating do…
Maigret Sets a Trap
Inspector Maigret tries to trap a killer and discovers why a happily married, wealthy, and talented man should want to bump off women at night. Jean Gabin is perfect as Georges Simenon's secure and steady sleuth, and old-hand Jean Delannoy expertly keeps up the pace and suspense in this enjoyable wh…
Max and the Junkmen
A detective goes undercover to set up a group of robbers, but risks getting too caught up in the job at hand.
The Mystery of Picasso
Filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot and painter Pablo Picasso used experimental and innovative techniques to create an entirely new kind of art documentary — one that is both joyous and suspenseful.
OSS 117: Five Film Collection (OSS 117 Is Unleashed / OOSS 117: Panic in Bangkok / OSS 117: Mission For a Killer / OSS 117: Mission to Tokyo / OSS 117: Double Agent) (3-Discs)
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, agent OSS 117 is the creation of french writer Jean Bruce. De La Bath is an American of French descent, he first worked for the Office of Strategic Services and later for the C.I.A.
Le Professionnel aka The Professional
French super-spy Joss Beaumont is a top agent sent on a mission to assassinate a foreign dictator. But when the political winds change, and Beaumont is double-crossed by his own government, revenge becomes the name of the game.
Rififi in Paris aka Du rififi a Paname / The Upper Hand
In Paris, a grizzled gold-smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want a piece of the action. To make matters worse, he must match wits with a coin-tossing Mafioso and the U.S. Treasury Department.
The Road to Salina - aka - La route de Salina
A young drifter stops at a desolate roadside service station where the owner identifies him as her son Rocky, who disappeared four years ago.
There's No Tomorrow (Sans lendemain)
A woman of bourgeois origin is reduced to dancing in a disreputable nightclub to support her young son.
Tih-Minh
The six-hour epic begins as adventure-seeker Jacques d’Athys returns to Nice from Indochina with his bride-to-be, Tih-Minh, and a cryptic book which provides clues to the whereabouts of hidden treasure.
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece - Tintin and the Blue Oranges
Hergé’s classic comic book characters leap to the silver screen in two spirited adventures starring the intrepid boy-reporter and his faithful dog Snowy.
Two Political Thrillers By Henri Verneuil [I… For Icarus | Mille Milliards De Dollars]
From acclaimed director Henri Verneuil (The Sicilian Clan, The Body of My Enemy) come two classic French political thrillers packed with paranoid atmosphere and white-knuckle suspense.
Whirlpool of Fate
Whirlpool of Fate (1925) is Jean Renoir’s debut feature, a lyrical tale of the tragic life of an orphan girl.