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Oscar-winning Hollywood love letter ‘The Artist’ on Max

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Comedy, drama, DVD, film history, Film Independent Spirit Awards, International Cinema, Max, Romance, silent film, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/16/2023 Sean Axmaker

This valentine to silent movies is a sweet romantic comedy, a celebration of the dreams and fantasies, and magic of the movies of every age.

‘Godard Mon Amour’ – Jean-Luc in the sixties on MUBI

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, film history, inspired by a true story, International Cinema, movies about movies, MUBI, SVOD 09/14/2023 Sean Axmaker

Louis Garrel plays the French New Wave legend in the adaptation of Anne Wiazemsky’s autobiographical novel, directed by Michael Hazanavicius.

‘Fantastic Planet’ – the animated cult classic on Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Animation, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, fantasy, giant monsters, Have You Seen...?, International Classics, Max, Science Fiction, socially aware cinema, SVOD 09/03/2023 Sean Axmaker

More fantasy than science fiction, the strange, metaphorical portrait from filmmaker Rene Laloux plays out in a world as psychedelic as ‘Yellow Submarine’ but far more predatory.

Charles Berling and Juliette Binoche star in Olivier Assayas’ touching French drama

Leaving soon: ‘Summer Hours’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Blu-ray, Criterion, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, International Cinema, SVOD 08/26/2023 Sean Axmaker

Olivier Assayas’ intimate story of family growing up and apart plays like a miniature, a small film of small dramas in the scope of large lives.

Romain Duris and Anaïs Demoustier in 'The New Girlfriend,' from François Ozon.

‘The New Girlfriend’ from France on MUBI

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, International Cinema 08/24/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Romain Duris stars in François Ozon’s comic drama that takes an unexpectd approach to moving on and embracing new experiences.

‘La cérémonie’ – Claude Chabrol’s crisp psychological thriller on Criterion Channel

!Featured, based on a novel, Criterion Channel, DVD, International Cinema, psychological drama, suspense, SVOD 08/23/2023 Sean Axmaker

Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert star in this brilliant, intense thriller from Chabrol, one of the founding brothers of the French New Wave.

Vera Clouzot in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Hitchcockian thriller with Simone Signoret

The original ‘Diabolique’ on Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Criterion, Criterion Channel, DVD, Essential Viewing, Halloween, International Classics, international noir, Max, suspense, SVOD, thriller 08/19/2023 Sean Axmaker

Henri-Georges Clouzot displays his talent as a master conductor of suspense in this ruthlessly effective portrait in murder, mystery, and tension.

Sylvain Chomet's animated film of a Jacques Tati script

‘The Illusionist’ – the magic of fatherhood on Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Animation, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, family friendly, International Cinema, Max, movies about theater, SVOD 08/02/2023 Sean Axmaker

An unproduced screenplay by French comedy master Jacques Tati is transformed into a tender tale of a French magician and a Scottish girl in the theater-folk society of London.

‘The Wages of Fear’ on Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, adventure, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, International Classics, international noir, Kanopy, Max, road movie, SVOD, thriller 08/02/2023 Sean Axmaker

It’s man versus machine versus the elements in Henri-Georges Clouzot’s gripping thriller of four men driving unstable nitroglycerin through the Amazon jungle.

‘Manon’ – Lust in a time of war on MUBI and Arrow

!Featured, Arrow, based on a novel, Blu-ray, drama, International Classics, international noir, literary adaptation, MUBI, SVOD 05/24/2023 Sean Axmaker

The heat of war collides with the heat of desire in Henri-Georges Clouzot’s adaptation of “Manon Lescaut,” moved from 18th century Paris to Nazi-occupied France.