Aeon Flux

Some beautiful photography alternates some original action scenes, although it must be said that the powers of our heroine way out do that of her enemies, and her limits are completely unclear (a lot of gravity defying stunts). For science fiction lovers, this one is probably too simple and not inspired enough, but if you can appreciate merely an aesthetic look into a design future this will surely stimulate you.

Le Diner de Cons

Le Diner de ConsFraçois Veber :: France :: 1997 ::1h20At a Parisian publisher’s dinner party, every guest is cordially invited to take along the best schmuck they can find. One guest manages to find the schmuck to beat all schmucks but unfortunately is housebound through injury.

Le Placard

Le PlacardFrançois Veber :: France :: 2000 :: 1h24Loser accountant is set to lose his job at a factory pushing him into desperation, when he is aided by his neighbor in changing the way he is perceived by the others. Through a stroke of genius, they plan to convince the others that he is gay, obliging them -in the twisted wave of political correctness- to keep him on. As a result, being out-ed helps his whole life to take a turn for the better.

Déjà mort

Déjà mortOlivier Dahan :: France :: 1997 :: 1h48Boy in love with girl naively introduces girl into the decadent world of erotica and pornography in the beautiful, sunny French Riviera with unlikely black clouds on the horizon…. The scene is not only very funny, but the brief conversation and style captures the movie in its essence.

L’Appartement

L’AppartementGilles Mimouni :: France :: 1996 :: 1h52Max is about to get married, when suddenly he hears the voice of his first love Lisa, whom he traumatically has lost sight of…. The originality of the story, the impeccable cast, excellent photography, and masterfully put together make this without doubt one of the best emotional thrillers to have been made.

The Machinist

With the mark of Kafka scratched all over it, we are taken down the path where everything is dirty, where human kindness is the pause-button sanctuary and sanity is the aberration provoked by a blind ignorance of reality. Hardly the object of envy, our helpless sympathy awakens for this lonely creature in the nighttime, so close to a human life yet impossibly removed.

Caligula

CaligulaTinto Brass :: USA/ Italy :: 1979 :: 2h28The young Roman Caius Caligula Caesar ascends the throne as its heir, and makes a mockery of the Senate and Republic of Rome by taking absolute power. In executing his birth right, Caligula, as a thankfully rare (but not rare enough) example in human history, becomes completely corrupt and paranoid as the product of supreme power in an already morally bankrupt bloodline and empire.

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