Sympathy For The Devil (One Plus One)
(1968) [MA]

Godard's documentation of late 1960's western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers, referring to works by LeRoi Jones and Eldridge Cleaver. Other notable subjects are the role of the media, the mediated image, A growing technocratic society, Womens Liberation, the May revolt in France...  More

Aria
(1987) [M]

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the particular aria.  More

The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) - Les Mistons (short feature)
(1959) [PG]

Praised by film-makers (Akira Kurosawa called it "One of the most beautiful films that I have ever seen.") and critics the world over, Truffaut's 400 Blows launched the Nouvelle Vague and paved the way for some of cinema's most important and influential directors. Twelve-year-old Antoine Doinel...  More

Les Mistons / Antoine and Colette (2 short films by Francois Truffaut)
(1959) [PG]

Les Mistons:
Truffaut's acclaimed first film, is the touching story of the sexual awakening of a group of adolescent boys who idolise and become the tormentors of an older girl (Bernadette Lafont), and her boyfriend (Gerard Blain).

'Les Quatre Cents Coups', Truffaut's first feature,...  More

Jules Et Jim (Jules and Jim)
(1962) [M]

Hailed by critics as one of the greatest films of all time, Francois Truffaut's internationally award-winning film Jules And Jim is set pre and post The First World War, and tells the tale of two young students, Jules (Oskar Werner), an Austrian, and Jim (Henri Serre), a Frenchman, in love with...  More

Shoot the Piano Player
(1959) [PG]

Francois Truffaut's second feature is the tender but tragic story of a man embroiled in past betrayals. Charlie, a once-renowned concert pianist, is unable to forgive or forget his former wife’s infidelity and now plays background music in a run-down bar. Having rejected the love of a waitress,...  More

Day For Night
(1973) [PG]

An affectionate look at the making of a film, and the off-screen relationships of all the actors involved. Francois Truffaut's admiration for movies was legendary but nowhere is this obsession more evident than in this movie. He was at the peak of his skill here. Day For Night is one of his two...  More

The Last Metro
(1981) [PG]

Winning an incredible ten French Academy Awards in 1981, The Last Metro is one of Truffaut's most highly acclaimed and popular films. Starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu in magnetic performances, the story is set in Paris, 1942, during the Nazi occupation of France. When Lucas Steiner...  More

La Grande Illusion
(1937) [G]

The setting is World War I where three French Army prisoners of war from widely differing backgrounds, share a common interest in an escape. An internationally acclaimed production which highlights the senselessness of war. French dialogue.  More

The Rules Of The Game (La Regle Du Jeu)
(1939)

Denigrated by the public, vilified by the critics, re-cut at the insistence of its producers, and finally banned by the French government as 'demoralising', La Regle de Jeu was an utter disaster at the time of its original release. Now hailed as one of Renoir's greatest masterpieces it frequently...  More