"De cette version télévisuelle des Liaisons dangereuses, on attendait un festival de machiavélisme, de beauté et de manipulations aussi cruelles que perverses. Catherine Deneuve, rarement à son avantage par la faute d’une photographie bâclée, joue la carte d’une Merteuil froide et calculatrice, loin de l’épicurienne manipulatrice du roman. Rupert Everett prête son allure de dandy à un Valmont proche de Don Juan, plus désabusé que cynique ..."
"De cette version télévisuelle des Liaisons dangereuses, on attendait un festival de machiavélisme, de beauté et de manipulations aussi cruelles que perverses. Catherine Deneuve, rarement à son avantage par la faute d’une photographie bâclée, joue la carte d’une Merteuil froide et calculatrice, loin de l’épicurienne manipulatrice du roman. Rupert Everett prête son allure de dandy à un Valmont proche de Don Juan, plus désabusé que cynique ..."
"Fierce military commander, magnificent warrior, world conqueror. Legendary Macedonian hero Alexander the Great is celebrated in this definitive film about his tumultuous life. Richard Burton, FredricMarch and Claire Bloom lead a "remarkable cast" (Leonard Maltin) of thousands in this epic film that seamlessly blends spectacular action, vivid character portrayals and an age-old tale of wisdom, blood and glory! Alexander (Burton) is a ma ..."
"De cette version télévisuelle des Liaisons dangereuses, on attendait un festival de machiavélisme, de beauté et de manipulations aussi cruelles que perverses. Catherine Deneuve, rarement à son avantage par la faute d’une photographie bâclée, joue la carte d’une Merteuil froide et calculatrice, loin de l’épicurienne manipulatrice du roman. Rupert Everett prête son allure de dandy à un Valmont proche de Don Juan, plus désabusé que cynique ..."
"Acht Frauen und ein toter Mann. Jede ist verdächtig, alle haben ein Motiv. Der französische Autorenfilmer François Ozon vereint in seiner fulminanten boulevardesken Frauenkomödie 8 Frauen die großen französischen Leinwandheldinnen der vergangenen fünf Jahrzehnte. Frankreich in den 50er-Jahren. In einem eingeschneiten Landhaus trifft sich eine Großfamilie, um gemeinsam Weihnachten zu feiern. Am Morgen liegt der Vater mit einem Messer im ..."
"Max Ophüls is remembered for bringing grace to the tragic melodrama, but among his finest works are a pair of bittersweet collections of romantic tales, viewed through the ironic lens of Ophüls's gliding camera. Le Plaisir is the second of these two, following his masterful roundelay La Ronde, a portrait of romance as a foolish game between deceiving lovers. Le Plaisir, based on the stories of Guy du Maupassant, takes a gentler, more wi ..."
"One of history's most tragic love stories became one of cinema's most exquisite romances with this definitive version of Mayerling. Though copied by many, Anatole Litvak's (All This, and Heaven Too; Sorry, Wrong Number) devastating o "
"While fleeing to Hollywood from the Nazi threat in Germany, Billy Wilder laid over in Paris long enough to make his directing debut. Which means Mauvaise Graine just happens to be the beginning of one of the great directing careers in movies. This lark, codirected by Alexander Esway, follows a wealthy young man who falls in with a gang of thieves. It has the wonderful feel of open-air French filmmaking of the 1930s, and Wilder's directi ..."
"Considered by many critics to be Max Ophüls's finest work, The Earrings of Madame de... is an exquisitely sculpted romance masterpiece of surface manners, social graces, and meaningless gestures passed off as honor. Danielle Darrieux is the unnamed Madame, the spoiled wife of Charles Boyer, who is the epitome of the confident, cultured gentleman. Trapped by mutual consent in a loveless marriage, she occupies her days spending herself in ..."
"Considered by many critics to be Max Ophüls's finest work, The Earrings of Madame de... is an exquisitely sculpted romance masterpiece of surface manners, social graces, and meaningless gestures passed off as honor. Danielle Darrieux is the unnamed Madame, the spoiled wife of Charles Boyer, who is the epitome of the confident, cultured gentleman. Trapped by mutual consent in a loveless marriage, she occupies her days spending herself in ..."