Brink of Life: sympathetic and unromantic 1950’s investigation of pregnancy and childbirth
Ingmar Bergman, “Brink of Life” (1958) Even in these supposedly more “liberal” times when no
Ingmar Bergman, “Brink of Life” (1958) Even in these supposedly more “liberal” times when no
French and French-language Films
Francois Truffaut, “The 400 Blows” (1959) This debut feature film by director Francois Truffaut is
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, “Alien: Resurrection” (1997) The idea behind this movie was to give new life
Mary Harron, “American Psycho” (2000) Based on the Brett Easton Ellis novel of the same name,
Crisitan Mungiu, “4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days” (2007) A bleak and often heartbreaking
Andrei Tarkovsky, “Andrei Rublev” (1966) Loosely based on the life of the eponymous 15th century
David Fincher, “Alien 3” (1992) At least in this third episode in the Alien series,
Alfred Hitchcock, “Rope” (1948) Adapted from a play by Patrick Hamilton and based on an
A very moving and emotional story of a love that endures beyond death and time. A farmer fights in a war and leaves his pregnant wife at home. After a long recuperation from wounds and injuries, he returns to find his wife and newborn happy and safe … not knowing that they are actually ghosts. The village endeavours to tell him the truth but his wife’s ghost becomes angry and brings terror and death to the villagers.