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Angel DustAngel Dust (1987)
Dir. Edouard Niermans
Feat. Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Fanny Cottencon
Accomplished thriller in the film noir tradition about an out–of–luck cop who falls for a woman he later begins to suspect of murder.
MasquesMasques (1987)
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Bernadette Lafont
Showbiz thriller with an offbeat setting and treatment typical of the director. Phillip Noiret excels as a vain and complacent TV celebrity, with…
CamorraCamorra (1986)
Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Angela Molina, Harvey Keitel
Complicated but well–judged thriller about the Naples underworld and specifically the use of children in the drug trade. More conventional than…
Fourth Man, TheFourth Man, The (1983)
Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Jeroen Krabbe
Jeroen Krabbe is a gay alchoholic writer prone to hallucinations who suspects his hairdresser of triple murder. Weird and stylish…
Balance, LaBalance, La (1982) Recommended
Dir. Bob Swaim
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Richard Berry
Money, loyalty and death hang in the balance in this gritty, Cesar–winning thriller. A crime king–pin is exposed by an…
Borsalino (1970)
Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Michel Bouquet
Delightful seriocomic film of two likeable hoods who become gangland chieftains in 1930s Marseilles. Music by Claude Bolling.
Femme Infidele, LaFemme Infidele, La (The Unfaithful Wife) (1969)
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Michel Bouquet, Stephane Audran, Maurice Ronet
French bourgeoisie couple Michel Bouquet and Stephane Audran form a murderous love–triangle with seducer Maurice Ronet, revealing the hidden…
HamletHamlet (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Grigori Kozintsev
Feat. Innokenti Smoktunovsky
The legendary Russian version of Shakespeare's play, which visually at least, stands as the greatest yet. Staged amidst the massive battlements of…

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