 Blowup 1966  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Blow-Up
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Jill Kennington, Verushka, Jane Birkin, Gillian Hills, Peter Bowles, Harry Hutchinson
A London photographer (David Hemmings) unwittingly photographs a murder. What follows is the untangling of the psychological web in this masterpiece of visual magnificence. Michelangelo Antonioni was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director.
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Dark Places 1973  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Robert Hardy, Herbert Lom, Jane Birkin, Carleton Hobbs, Jennifer Thanisch, Michael McVey, Jean Marsh, Martin Boddey, Linda Gray, Roy Evans
Edward (Robert Hardy) is the former director of a mental hospital who inherits a house where multiple murders occurred. Believing there is a treasure in gold hidden inside the house, Edward enters the old house determined to find the gold. But, he is not alone in his quest; Dr. Mandeville (Christopher Lee), his sister Sarah (Joan Collins), and the estate's lawyer Prescott (Herbert Lom) also appear on the scene to claim the treasure for themselves. There is one little problem: the house is rumored to be haunted, and Edward now appears to be possessed by the evil spirit of the original owner and will stop at nothing to get the treasure for himself.
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Death on the Nile 1978 PG, 140 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Jon Finch, Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Harry Andrews, I.S. Johar
Written by Agatha Christie, this is another intriguing mystery for master sleuth Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) to solve. Poirot and his traveling companion Colonel Race (David Niven) are in Africa enjoying a cruise on the S.S. Karnak, sailing down the Nile River, when a passenger, heiress Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles), is murdered. Poirot investigates, and among the suspects are Salome (Angela Lansbury), Rosalie Otterbourne (Olivia Hussey), Dr. Bessner (Jack Warden), Mrs. Van Schuyler (Bette Davis), Miss Bowers (Maggie Smith), and Jacqueline De Bellefort (Mia Farrow)–nearly all of whom have motives for murder.
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Don Juan 73 1973 R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Ms. Don Juan
Director: Roger Vadim
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Ronet, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carriere, Jane Birkin, Michele Sand, Antoine Fontaine, Dominique Zardi, Samson Fainsilber, Henri Attal
Jeanne (Brigitte Bardot) is a female Don Juan who pursues love/sex with man after man, leaving ruined lives in her wake. Bardot is fun to watch in one of her later films, but it still drags.
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Evil Under the Sun 1982  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, Maggie Smith, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, James Mason, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, Emily Hone, John Alderson, Paul Antrim, Richard Vernon, Barbara Hicks
In this Agatha Christie story, a famous actress, Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg), is murdered while visiting an idyllic beach resort, and detective Hercules Poirot (Peter Ustinov) investigates. Suspects include Arlena's biographer Rex (Roddy McDowall), Broadway producers Odell and Myra Gardener (James Mason and Sylvia Miles), Arlena's husband Kenneth (Denis Quilley), Kenneth's lover Daphne (Maggie Smith), millionaire Sir Horace Blatt (Colin Blakely), Arlena's lover Patrick (Nicholas Clay), and Patrick's wife Christine (Jane Birkin). Poirot has his work cut out for him when he learns more about the suspects–all of whom had motives to kill Arlena.
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Kaleidoscope 1966 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Bank Breaker
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Warren Beatty, Susannah York, Clive Revill, Eric Porter, Murray Melvin, George Sewell, Stanley Meadows, John Junkin, Larry Taylor, Jane Birkin, Yootha Joyce, George Murcell
When a gambler marks cards so he can win at the casinos, his plans go awry because his new lover also just happens to be the daughter of a Scotland Yard inspector.
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Keep Your Right Up! 1987  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Jean-Luc Godard, Jane Birkin, Dominique Lavanant, Jacques Villeret, Isabelle Sadoyan, Francois Perier, Michel Galabru, Pauline Lafont, Jean-Pierre Delamour, Carina Barone
This lesser-known film by Jean-Luc Godard consists of three stories, the main one concerning a director (Godard) who is to deliver a film in 24 hours. The other minor plots involve a pop band rehearsing and an overweight man in a series of comedy scenes.
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La Belle Noiseuse 1991 N/R, 240 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Beautiful Troublemaker
Director: Jacques Rivette
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin, Emmanuelle Beart, Marianne Denicourt, David Bursztein, Gilles Arbona, Marie-Claude Roger, Leila Remili, Daphne Goodfellow, Marie Belluc
A visit from Nicholas (David Bursztein) and girlfriend Marianne (Emmanuelle Beart) inspires artist Edouard Frenhofer (Michel Piccoli) to restart work on an unfinished painting. This leads to a love/hate relationship.
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The Last September 1999 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Deborah Warner
Cast: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Jane Birkin, Fiona Shaw, Lambert Wilson, David Tennant, Keeley Hawes, Gary Lydon, Richard Roxburgh, Jonathan Slinger
Set in 1920s England, this story revolves around an elderly couple–Lady Myra (Maggie Smith) and Sir Richard Naylor (Michael Gambon)–and their household of young people. Their niece Lois (Keeley Hawes) falls in love with all the wrong people, and the married guests–Hugo (Lambert Wilson) and Francie (Jane Birkin) try to hide the fact that they are homeless. The plot thickens when a new guest (Fiona Shaw) arrives ready to dispense advice to all.
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Love at the Top 1974 R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The French Way
Director: Michel Deville
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin, Florinda Bolkan, Henri Garcin, Georges Wilson, Michel Vitold, Jean-Francois Balmer, Dominique Constanza, Estella Blain, Mary Marquet
Meek bank clerk Nicolas (Jean-Louis Trintignant) becomes an overnight success–with women and wealth–when he agrees to take the advice of a struggling novelist (Jean-Pierre Cassel). A so-so comedy.
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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries 1998  R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey, Leelee Sobieski, Jesse Bradford, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Dominique Blanc, Jane Birkin, Virginie Ledoyen, Samuel Gruen, Isaach De Bankole
Adapted from Kaylie Jones' (daughter of James Jones) autobiographical novel, this is the story of the experiences of a war-novelist father's child who lives with her family in Paris during the 1960s. The family adopts a son who is eager to become an "American," but when the family moves back to the U.S., the children have problems assimilating into the American culture.
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| 1. Blowup (1966)
aka: Blow-Up
2. Daddy Nostalgia (1990)
3. Dark Places (1973)
4. Death on the Nile (1978)
5. Don Juan 73 (1973)
aka: Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman
aka: Ms. Don Juan
6. Evil Under the Sun (1982)
7. Kaleidoscope (1966)
aka: The Bank Breaker
8. Keep Your Right Up! (1987)
9. La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
aka: The Beautiful Troublemaker
10. The Last September (1999)
11. Love at the Top (1974)
aka: The French Way
12. Romance of a Horsethief (1971)
13. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
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