Mephisto
The 1981 Academy Award-winning (Best Foreign Language Film) Mephisto concerns a passionate, but struggling actor (Klaus Maria Brandauer) who remains in Germany during the Nazi regime and reaps the rewards of this Faustian pact by finally achieving the stardom he has long craved.
The Tempest (Jarman)
Jarman presents Shakespeare's intricate comedy of magic and revenge in a form that is at once faithful to the spirit of the play and a dazzling spectacle mixing Hollywood high camp and gothic horror. His film recalls the innocent homoeroticism of Pasolini's versions of the classics while its lush se…
The Wide Blue Road
Set in a fishing village on Italy's Dalmatian coast, Yves Montand plays Giovanni Squarciò, a rogue fisherman whose livelihood is threatened when a new chief of police is installed in town.