The Elegant Criminal
On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also…
La Mante
Jeanne Deber, known as “La Mante”, the famous serial murderer who terrorized France more than 20 years ago, is forced by the police to come out of isolation to track…
Private Screening
Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in…
State of Siege
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay’s government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
Two sisters, their households, and generally sophisticated lives.