Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
The Queen of Hearts
Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque
À tout de suite
The Bridesmaid
The Case of the Grinning Cat
The Gleaners and I
Les Vampires
La France
The Impossible Voyage
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
The Italian Straw Hat
Two in the Wave
Life and Nothing But
La roue
Irma Vep
French Cinema
Go to Cannes. Stand on the beach and look out on the water. Is there anything new about a wave? Even the ones that crest a little higher, break a little further: the big ones are still just building on the past. And in film, when the latest enfant terrible wants to make something defiantly original, they first have to know what they're rebelling against. Like the Nouvelle Vague—who started out as critics for Cahiers du cinéma—French filmmakers tend to be students of tradition who seek out their own rising tide.
Selected Films
-
À tout de suite
A stylish thriller, A TOUT DE SUITE is the highly anticipated film from acclaimed French director Benoit Jacquot. Based on actual events, it tells the story of free-spirited Lili, a Parisian art student who falls for a charismatic bank robber and joins him on the run, a dizzying cross-continent...Watch Movie
-
The Bridesmaid
It's love at first sight when bridesmaid Senta falls into the life of handsome young Philippe at the wedding of his younger sister. As their passion for one another intensifies, Philippe slowly discovers that Senta is shrouded in mystery. When one day she asks Philippe to perform a terrible deed...Watch Movie
-
The Case of the Grinning Cat
In his newest film, French documentarian and cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium. In November 2001, the filmmaker became intrigued, as did many other Parisians, by the sudden appearance...Watch Movie
