Kino Lorber (Firm)
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1931.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (515 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Before directing his first feature, Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear, Diabolique) spent ten years learning the ropes. During this prolific period as a screenwriter he learned cinematic grammar and began to forge his style. To better know and understand Henri-Georges Clouzot, you have to discover these rare films, of which he was one of the principal architects. Kino Classics is proud to present CLOUZOT: THE EARLY WORKS, which collects six...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Jean-Luc Godard provides social commentary during a montage of digitally altered, color-saturated film clips. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. “*A dense visual and aural collage that I’ve seen twice and expect to see several times more.*” – Manohla Dargis, ***The New York Times***
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1961.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (128 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Against the turbulent backdrop of occupied France, a priest and a beautiful, lonely young widow form a friendship. Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she meets the young priest Léon Morin and tries to provoke a reaction, but finds herself drawn in by the man. On the brink of conversion, Barny realizes she has fallen in love. Nominated for a **BAFTA Award** for Best Foreign Actor. Winner of an Award...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Maigret is summoned by the Countess to the Château de Saint-Fiacre, where she shows him a letter she has received predicting the day on which she will die.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
The one-room schoolhouse, where one teacher instructs several grades at once, is generally regarded a quaint thing of the past and a symbol of obsolete and ineffective teaching methods. However, TO BE AND TO HAVE offers an in-depth look at a small school in rural France where one remarkable man has been doing the job of a small teaching staff for 20 years, and has taught several generations of bright and capable children along the way. Nominated for...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (78 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Pablo Picasso, the most influential artist of the twentieth century, is making a painting, just as French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear and Diabolique) is making a movie. In 1955, these two friends joined forces to make an entirely new kind of film "that could capture the moment and the mystery of creativity." As the artist wields his brush, Clouzot invites us to watch the artwork unfolds, erupt, and dance into being before our...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Nine years after she left him for his best friend, journalist Abel (Louis Garrel) gets back together with his recently widowed old flame Marianne (Laetitia Casta). It seems to be a beautiful new beginning, but soon the hapless Abel finds himself embroiled in all sorts of drama: the come-ons of a wily jeune femme (Lily-Rose Depp), the machinations of Marianne’s morbid young son (Joseph Engel), and some unsavory questions about what exactly happened...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1962.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
The first and only narrative feature by American documentarian James Blue (Oscar®-nominated for A Few Notes On Our Food Problem), The OLIVE TREES OF JUSTICE holds the dual distinctions of being the only French film to have been shot in Algeria during the Algerian War, and to have been the winner of the Prize of the Society of Film and Television Writers at the inaugural Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962. Filmed in Algiers and the...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1971.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Max, a former judge, is obsessed with catching criminals red-handed. He almost never succeeds. When he meets an old friend who has become a petty crook, he hits on the idea of encouraging his friend's gang to commit a hold-up, so as to catch them in the act. But then Max falls in love with his friend's girlfriend and trouble ensues.
10) Violette
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (138 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
A finely nuanced portrait of Violette LeDuc, one of the foremost French writers of the 20th century. VIOLETTE depicts LeDuc's extraordinary life, from her low beginnings as the illegitimate daughter of a servant girl to becoming ensconced in France's literary elite. In spite of her wretched years as an unwanted child, followed by tense years as a black marketeer during WWII, Violette LeDuc is determined to make something of her life. Writing is her...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1971.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (250 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
From its first release at an underground theater in Paris, this account of France's occupation under Nazi regime has been acclaimed as one of the most moving and influential films ever made. Director Marcel Ophüls interviewed the residents of Clermont-Ferrand who remembered the occupation, as well as government officials, writers, farmers, artists, and German veterans. Here, in their own words, is the story of how ordinary citizens and leaders alike...
12) Slalom
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
This riveting, Cannes-selected #MeToo drama from debut filmmaker Charlène Favier follows the relationship between a teenage ski prodigy and her predatory instructor, played by frequent Dardenne brothers collaborator Jérémie Renier. In a breakthrough role, Noée Abita plays 15-year-old Lyz, a high school student in the French Alps who has been accepted to an elite ski club known for producing some of the country’s top professional athletes. Taking...
13) Port of Shadows
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1939.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
When Jean (Jean Gabin), a deserter from the Colonial Army, hitchhikes his way into Le Havre, he's only looking for a place to hide until he book ship's passage. He never expects to become embroiled in a dispute between local "tough" guy Lucien (Pierre Brasseur) and wealthy but shady shopkeeper Zabel (Michel Simon). Nor does he expect to fall in love with the beautiful Nelly (Michèle Morgan), who Zabel also "keeps." What was supposed to be a stopover...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
A nativity story reboot that gently skewers French cultural pretensions, following a discontented Parisian teenager in search of a father. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival** and the **New York Film Festival**. *"...builds to a lovely finale that evokes the Bible, the French Resistance and the surreal." - Ben Kenigsberg, **The New York Times*** *"...it's as thrilling as it is ingenious." - Richard Brody, **New Yorker***...
15) Le Gai Savoir
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1969.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
While alone in an abandoned television studio, two militants, Emile Rousseau and Patricia Lumumba, have a discourse on language. Referring to spoken word as "the enemy"--the weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements--the two deconstruct the meanings of sounds and images in an attempt to "return to zero" and truly experience the joy of learning. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, LE GAI SAVOIR was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear...
16) Vice and Virtue
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1963.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of France, VICE AND VIRTURE is a stylized retelling of the Marquis de Sade's Justine, as envisioned by one of cinema's most provocative filmmakers Roger Vadim (Blood and Roses, Barbarella). Two sisters navigate very different courses as they struggle to survive within the morally corrupt fascist regime. Juliette (Annie Girardot, The Piano Teacher) is surrounded by the spoils of war, being the mistress...
17) La Marseillaise
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1938.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (132 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
A long-forgotten epic gem from Jean Renoir. Made towards the end of France's left wing "Popular Front" government when Europe was on the brink of war, LA MARSEILLAISE is a markedly political film about a country in flux. With an innovative new-reel style, the film follows a cross-section of people - from the citizens of Marseilles to Louis XVI - who are affected by the shifting political and social forces in the early days of the French revolution....
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
This pitch black comedy follows the unusual life of Philippe Mars. He's trying to be a good father, a kind ex-husband, a nice colleague, and an understanding sibling. But the planets have not been exactly aligned in his favor lately. With his son turning into a hardcore vegan, his daughter into a pathological overachiever and his sister selling paintings of their naked parents, it seems to Philippe that everyone around him is starting to behave more...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1931.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
My Cousin From Warsaw is a 1931 adaptation of a hit play about a banker who takes the summer off from his job to stay at home, much to the chagrin of his wife and her lover.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1931.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Français
Description
A singer who is believed dead returns with a decidedly different appearance.He has been in Russia and has lost his memory. But his wife still loves him.