Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the firs

1895

Bakelite

This underwater ballet is an ecological story depicting our paradoxical relationship with plastic. Bakelite launched the #SickOfPlastic campaign from

2023

Night and Fog

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

1956

(There Is No) Cure

In this new video essay, filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe delves into the dread-inducing mood and tone of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s modern horror classic Cure

2022

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.

2021

Death Day

During his adventure in Mexico, Sergei Eisenstein made footage of a Mexican "Death Day" celebration for inclusion in his "Que Viva Mexico!" film proje

1934

Charles Santore Illustrates The Wizard of Oz

Charles Santore, in an expansion of his discussion in “Oz: The American Fairyland” (1997) (V), tells about his experience making an abridged storybook

1997

M6NTHS

Short film about an animal in captivity longing for the outside. An animal that, like us, dreams, is intelligent, curious, social and sensitive, and i

2018

A Stranger in Her Own City

A documentary short that follows a 13-year-old girl named Nejmia, who lives in Sana’a and refuses to wear the veil.

2005

Milk

What we show in Milk is literally the best of the best when it comes to dairy farming, yet, as soon we view what happens from the perspective of the m

2022

Hammer A.D. 2023

A short documentary to celebrate Hammer Films' 89th anniversary. Discover how Hammer has shaped the horror genre, influenced culture, and what the fut

2023

Tapavica

A story about the first Serbian Olympian who won bronze medal at the first Olympic games in 1896, also a world class architect.

2016

Pains

Norival, has 41 years old, is a widower and father of Pedro, age 5. To support his child, Norival does small jobs in various farms across the country.

2014

Salmon

Transformed into a salmon, an Indigenous street artist travels through decayed urban landscapes to the forests of long ago, in this sublime mixed anim

2015

Karl's Perfect Day

A day in the life of Swedish poet Karl Holmqvist.

2017

Alice Guy's Dream

This is a short film about Alice Guy-Blaché, the first female director of fiction in cinema history. Alice Guy was Léon Gaumont's secretary at the beg

2022

Let's Dance: Bowie Down Under

The remarkable, forgotten story behind David Bowie’s biggest-ever hit record – and how an unlikely journey, deep into the Australian outback, led to i

2015

Thompson

Since second grade Matt and Ryan have shared the bond of speech impediments, weapons, and things that go fast. But as their last days of high school s

2009

Sudan's Forgotten Films

Benjamin and Awad run Sudan's national film archive. The two men, who have worked together for more than 40 years, are devoted to protecting their cou

2017

What a lover can be?

A discussion of the idea " What's love if you can't be proudly vulnerable ? "Being a lover has endless meanings and in this experimental video you get

2015