settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ @settima@zirk.us Tue, 26 May 2026 19:21:03 +0200 Grands soirs & petits matins [May Days] (William Klein, 1978) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-3j7b <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Grands soirs & petits matins [May Days] (William Klein, 1978)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 24/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" Grands soirs & petits matins (1978)/div div class="caption" Sorbonne students discussing the political situation with an elderly Parisian man. DPs: William Klein & Bernard Lutic./div div class="txt" "Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible" ### – May 68 slogan /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #WilliamKlein #BernardLutic #documentary #photography #CinémaDirect #Situationisme #history #politics #Mai68 #Paris #France #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Grands soirs & petits matins [May Days] (William Klein, 1978)

May

24

1968

Grands soirs & petits matins (1978)

Sorbonne students discussing the political situation with an elderly Parisian man. DPs: William Klein & Bernard Lutic.

“Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible”

– May 68 slogan

#FilmDuJour #May #WilliamKlein #BernardLutic #documentary #photography #CinémaDirect #Situationisme #history #politics #Mai68 #Paris #France #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-3j7b Sun, 24 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Val Guest, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d08l <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Val Guest, 1961)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)/div div class="caption" Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro) trying to cool down in a bathtub. DP: Harry Waxman./div div class="txt" "Truly the light is sweet; and what a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the Sun." ### – Peter Stenning /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ValGuest #JanetMunro #LeoMcKern #StanleyBlack #HarryWaxman #SciFi #ColdWar #GlobalWarming #UK #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Val Guest, 1961)

May

23

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro) trying to cool down in a bathtub. DP: Harry Waxman.

“Truly the light is sweet; and what a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the Sun.”

– Peter Stenning

#FilmDuJour #May #ValGuest #JanetMunro #LeoMcKern #StanleyBlack #HarryWaxman #SciFi #ColdWar #GlobalWarming #UK #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d08l Sat, 23 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-60zj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár, 1968/1971)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Touha zvaná Anada (1968/1971)/div div class="caption" Zuzka (Milena Dravić) holds a mirror to Anada's (Paula Pritchett) face. Zuzka's husband Jánoš (Rade Marković) looks on. DP: Vladimír Novotný./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ElmarKlos #JánKadár #LájosZilahy #RadeMarković #MilenaDravić #PaulaPritchett #VladimírNovotný #ZdeněkLiška #VladimírNovotný #drama #fantasy #mirrors #1960s #1970s #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár, 1968/1971)

May

20

Touha zvaná Anada (1968/1971)

Zuzka (Milena Dravić) holds a mirror to Anada's (Paula Pritchett) face. Zuzka's husband Jánoš (Rade Marković) looks on. DP: Vladimír Novotný.

#FilmDuJour #May #ElmarKlos #JánKadár #LájosZilahy #RadeMarković #MilenaDravić #PaulaPritchett #VladimírNovotný #ZdeněkLiška #VladimírNovotný #drama #fantasy #mirrors #1960s #1970s #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-60zj Wed, 20 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200 La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5krp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1943/div div class="img" La Femme Bourreau (1968)/div div class="caption" A dark-haired woman lounging on a bed. DP: Gérard de Battista./div div class="txt" "Hélène Picard, born in Lyon, May 20, 1943. A child in care, she is reported as a runaway, a thief and unstable." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #JeanDenisBonan #MyriamMézières #JeanRollin #BernardVitet #GérardDeBattista #drama #crime #ExperimentalFilm #Paris #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968)

May

20

1943

La Femme Bourreau (1968)

A dark-haired woman lounging on a bed. DP: Gérard de Battista.

“Hélène Picard, born in Lyon, May 20, 1943. A child in care, she is reported as a runaway, a thief and unstable.”

#FilmDuJour #May #JeanDenisBonan #MyriamMézières #JeanRollin #BernardVitet #GérardDeBattista #drama #crime #ExperimentalFilm #Paris #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5krp Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 L'uomo più velenoso del cobra [The Man More Venomous Than the Cobra / Human... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-g1q4 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" L'uomo più velenoso del cobra [The Man More Venomous Than the Cobra / Human Cobras] (Bitto Albertini, 1971)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="X" /div div class="img" L'uomo più velenoso del cobra (1971)/div div class="caption" Leslie (Erika Blanc) and Tony Garden (George Ardisson). DP: Emilio Foriscot./div div class="txt" "For a handful of coins!" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May BittoAlbertini #GeorgeArdisson #ErikaBlanc #StelvioCipriani #EmilioForiscot #giallo #Italy #Spain #Sweden #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

L'uomo più velenoso del cobra [The Man More Venomous Than the Cobra / Human Cobras] (Bitto Albertini, 1971)

May

19

L'uomo più velenoso del cobra (1971)

Leslie (Erika Blanc) and Tony Garden (George Ardisson). DP: Emilio Foriscot.

“For a handful of coins!”

#FilmDuJour #May BittoAlbertini #GeorgeArdisson #ErikaBlanc #StelvioCipriani #EmilioForiscot #giallo #Italy #Spain #Sweden #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-g1q4 Tue, 19 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Gordon Davidson, 1972) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fg26 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Gordon Davidson, 1972)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972).jpg)/div div class="caption" Director Gordon Davidson and the defense attorney (David Spielberg) on set. DP: Haskell Wexler./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #GordonDavidson #DanielBerrigan #EdFlanders #DavidSpielberg #ShellyManne #HaskellWexler #drama #biography #VietnamWar #theatre #USA #1970s/div /section ]]>

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Gordon Davidson, 1972)

May

17

1968

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)

Director Gordon Davidson and the defense attorney (David Spielberg) on set. DP: Haskell Wexler.

#FilmDuJour #May #GordonDavidson #DanielBerrigan #EdFlanders #DavidSpielberg #ShellyManne #HaskellWexler #drama #biography #VietnamWar #theatre #USA #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fg26 Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b6f1 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Compulsion (1959)/div div class="caption" Straus (Bradford Dillman) with Steiner (Dean Stockwell) behind the wheel. They're beaming. DP: William C. Mellor./div div class="txt" "Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and rape? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RichardFleischer #MeyerLevin #BradfordDillman #DeanStockwell #OrsonWelles #DianeVarsi #LionelNewman #WilliamCMellor #BookAdaptation #LGBT #crime #drama #USA #1950s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959)

May

16

Compulsion (1959)

Straus (Bradford Dillman) with Steiner (Dean Stockwell) behind the wheel. They're beaming. DP: William C. Mellor.

“Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and rape? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?”

#FilmDuJour #May #RichardFleischer #MeyerLevin #BradfordDillman #DeanStockwell #OrsonWelles #DianeVarsi #LionelNewman #WilliamCMellor #BookAdaptation #LGBT #crime #drama #USA #1950s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b6f1 Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-p6hn <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" Thu/div div class="occasion" /div div class="img" Le 15 mai (1971)/div div class="caption" Claudia Morin in her silver dress showing up in Philippe Rouleau's office. The perpetual calendar behind her – Enzo Mari's Formosa from 1963 – tells us it is May 15. DP: Dominique Le Rigoleur./div div class="txt" "Of course, it's the 15th of May." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ClaireDenis #ClaudiaMorin #PhilippeRouleau #DominiqueLeRigoleur #ShortFilm #StudentFilm #SciFi #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)

May

15

Thu

Le 15 mai (1971)

Claudia Morin in her silver dress showing up in Philippe Rouleau's office. The perpetual calendar behind her – Enzo Mari's Formosa from 1963 – tells us it is May 15. DP: Dominique Le Rigoleur.

“Of course, it's the 15th of May.”

#FilmDuJour #May #ClaireDenis #ClaudiaMorin #PhilippeRouleau #DominiqueLeRigoleur #ShortFilm #StudentFilm #SciFi #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-p6hn Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kg3r <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky, 1975)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="occasion" Martedi/div div class="img" Una libélula para cada muerto (1975).png)/div div class="caption" Grimy looking Inspector Paolo Scaporella (Paul Naschy) in intense phone conversation. The wall calendar reads Maggio 29 Martedi. DP: Miguel Fernández Mila./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #LeónKlimovsky #PaulNaschy #ErikaBlanc #ÁngelAranda #MaríaKosty #RicardoMerino #StelvioCipriani #CarloRustichelli #MiguelFernándezMila #SerialKillers #Movember #giallo #crime #mystery #thriller #Spain #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky, 1975)

May

14

Martedi

Una libélula para cada muerto (1975)

Grimy looking Inspector Paolo Scaporella (Paul Naschy) in intense phone conversation. The wall calendar reads Maggio 29 Martedi. DP: Miguel Fernández Mila.

 

#FilmDuJour #May #LeónKlimovsky #PaulNaschy #ErikaBlanc #ÁngelAranda #MaríaKosty #RicardoMerino #StelvioCipriani #CarloRustichelli #MiguelFernándezMila #SerialKillers #Movember #giallo #crime #mystery #thriller #Spain #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kg3r Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldk7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Les félins (1964)/div div class="caption" Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)

May

14

Les félins (1964)

Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë.

#FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldk7 Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200