"Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!" A brand new official trailer has debuted for the 50th anniversary 4K restoration of Luis Buñuel's sensual drama Belle de Jour, which first opened in cinemas all ...

Let’s not pretend that director Luis Buñuel meant to say anything elevated with this picture or do anything but drag us down into the muck that gets splattered across Catherine Deneuve’s face, as she ...

What do you get when the world’s oldest working filmmaker pays homage to one of the most controversial films of the 1960s? In the case of “Belle Toujours,” 98-year-old Portuguese director Manoel de ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. When Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967) hit America in 1968, it was mildly scandalous — even with the newly-minted MPAA R rating. ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

In the hands of a lesser artist this would be low-rent cable fodder, but Bunuel understands the nature of these kinds of desires and presents them with a dignity and ambivalence that is a provocation ...

In May 1968, a nationwide general strike led by students and factory workers crippled the French economy and plunged the nation into a state of chaos. The situation reached a boiling point by May 29 ...

The 2017 lineup is dedicated primarily to the history of the Festival, and includes a new documentary about Stanley Kubrick's longtime collaborator Leon Vitali. The 2017 Cannes Film Festival has ...

"It is a joy to receive this prestigious award at the Venice festival, which I love and have known for a long time, since 'Belle de Jour' by Luis Buñuel received the Golden Lion in its day," said the ...

While Luis Buñuel’s Catherine Deneuve-led masterpiece Belle de Jour joined The Criterion Collection earlier this decade, with the film now celebrating its 50th anniversary it had undergone another ...

From the outside, Catherine Deneuve’s protagonist in Belle De Jour has everything a Parisian woman of the 1960s could want. She’s married to a comically handsome man (Jean Sorel) whose career as a ...

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