Re-releases
Films from the 1930s to the 1990s, either unknown (the unreleased Bad Boy Bubby by Rolf De Heer), legendary (the first King Kong or M by Losey), or rare (Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg, Pursued by Walsh)… Follow your instincts!
King Kong by Merian Caldwell Cooper and Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (1933, 1h44)
On Skull Island, a mysterious tribe venerates King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world... A technical feat at the time, a colossal classic, wild and poetic. And a rare situation: an adventure film directed by adventurers!
La Fourmi Mon. 2:30pm | Pathé Bellecour Wed. 9:45pm | Pathé Cordeliers Fri. 2:30pm
Pursued by Raoul Walsh (1947, 1h41)
A cowboy in search of his past (Robert Mitchum) is hunted in the desert... Beyond a mere family revenge story, a high-voltage psychoanalytic Western, an underrated film.
UGC Cité Internationale Fri. 8:30pm | Cinéma Opéra Sat. 6:30pm | Institut Lumière Sun. 5pm
M by Joseph Losey (1951, 1h28)
The police and the mob hunt a mysterious killer of children... A remake of the classic by Fritz Lang, M becomes a true American film noir and finds its own power under the lens of Joseph Losey.
Pathé Bellecour Tue. 11am | CNP Bellecour Wed. 8:45pm | La Fourmi Sun. 5:15pm
Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg (1971, 1h53)
1902, the American West. The fate of a Swedish immigrant, a wanderer and champion of syndicalism and revolution... Inspired by the life of Joe Hill, a powerful social film, a passionate ode to justice.
CNP Bellecour Mon. 5:15pm | La Fourmi Wed. 7:15pm | Pathé Bellecour Fri. 5pm | Pathé Cordeliers Sat. 10:45am
Bad Boy Bubby by Rolf de Heer (1993, 1h52)
A child locked away for 35 years since birth, undergoes his first experiences of the outside world... Disturbing, a brooding tale between urban social satire, madness and surrealist excess.
Institut Lumière Mon. 2:30pm | Cinéma Opéra Tue. 2:45pm | Comœdia Tue. 9:45pm
