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Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)

Nov

22

banquet

Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)

Backstage at the Cannes casino, stars and stagehands enjoy their well-deserved end-of-season banquet. Just walking in front of the showgirls is piano player Sam (Jimmy Davis). DP: Louis Page.

Compartiment tueurs [The Sleeping Car Murder] (Costa-Gavras, 1965)

Nov

8

Compartiment tueurs (1965)

Eliane Darrès (Simone Signoret) – comédienne, by herself – takes a long hard look at her table-set-for-two. DP: Jean Tournier.

The Thing from Another World (Christian Nyby + Howard Hawks, 1951)

Nov

1

The Thing from Another World (1951)

Scientists and crew armed to the teeth. DP: Russell Harlan.

Until November 3.

“No pleasure, no pain… no emotion, no heart. Our superior in every way.”

– Dr. Arthur Carrington

Night of the Demon (Jacques Tourneur, 1957)

Oct

28

Night of the Demon (1957)

John Holden (Dana Andrews) standing in Stonehenge's inner circle. He's holding a strip of paper with something written on it. DP: Edward Scaife.

“It's in the trees! It's coming!”

Śledztwo [The Investigation] (Marek Piestrak, 1974)

Oct

28

Śledztwo (1974)

A person offscreen shoots a handgun. DP: Edward Kłosiński.

Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (Oldřich Lipský, 1981)

Oct

27

1897

Tajemství hradu v Karpatech (1981)

A calendar – undeniably designed by the great Jan Švankmajer – with the date October 27, 1897, set on the day of – or referencing a saint – Sabina. Screenshot via DVDBeaver. DP: Viktor Růžička.

– You surely know that my financial support is unlimited.

– Yes. Long live your false cheque factories!

Emperor of the North Pole (Robert Aldrich, 1973)

Oct

25

Emperor of the North Pole (1973)

Lobbycard. The blurb reads: “The battle for the title of “Emperor of the North Pole” begins between Shack (ERNEST BORGNINE) and A-No. 1 (LEE MARVIN)“. DP: Joseph F. Biroc.

“Stay off the tracks. Forget it. Its a bum's world for a bum.”

– Shack

La donna del lago [The Lady of the Lake / The Possessed] (Luigi Bazzoni + Franco Rossellini, 1965)

Oct

25

La donna del lago (1965)

Tilde (Virna Lisi) caressing a man's hand, resting on her shoulder, with her cheek. DP: Leonida Barboni.

Until November 20.

0課の女 赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)

Oct

15

課0課の女 赤い手錠 (1974)

Rei (Miki Sugimoto) wielding the long red chain of her handcuffs. DP: Yoshio Nakajima.

La notte dei diavoli [The Night of the Devils] (Giorgio Ferroni, 1972)

Oct

12

soup

La notte dei diavoli (1972)

The two children (Cinzia De Carolis on the right) eat soup and giggle. Some parsley is stuck to the left child's mouth. DP: Manuel Berenguer.