Robert Stevenson directed My Forbidden Past, a film noir, starring Robert Mitchum and Ava Gardner, adapted by Leopold Atlas from Polan Banks’ novel Carriage Entrance.
My Forbidden Past (1951): Robert Stevenson’s Film Noir, Starring Ava Gardner and Robert Mitchum
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Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell: Vietnam’s Pham Thien An’s Impressive Debut, Winner of Camera d’Or (Cannes Film Fest 2023)
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Past and present, reality and dreams, collide in Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, an absorbing spiritual meditation on death, loss, and faith.
Le Deuxieme Souffle (Second Wind) (1966): Melville’s Crime Thriller, Starring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin
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Jean-Pierre Melville directed Le Deuxieme Souffle (“Second Wind”), a crime thriller based on the novel Le deuxième by José Giovanni, starring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin
Thirteen Women (1932): George Archainbaud, Pre-Code Psychological Thriller Starring Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne, Ricardo Cortez
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Thirteen Women features the only film appearance of actress Peg Entwistle, who became despondent over her career and jumped to death from the Hollywood Sign on September 16, 1932.
Manon (1949): Clouzot’s WWII Romantic Melodrama, Starring Cécile Aubry, Michel Auclair, Serge Reggiani
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With Manon, Henri-Georges Clouzot took a novel from the 18th century, Abbé Prévost’s 1731 novel “Manon Lescaut,” and updated the setting to World War II.
