The Artist

NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX. It's not every day a director decides to take away the gift of sound and return to the old ways of silent movies, but that's just what Michel Hazanavicius did with The Artist in 2011. The film is a beautiful concoction of expressive music and charisma that radiates from key players, like Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo.

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Barbe bleue

NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX. NOW AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX DVD. Everyone should see a Catherine Breillat film at some point in their life. Now whether it's Bluebeard (Barbe Bleue, 2009), or another, I'm not quite sure. However if you're finding yourself in the need of some dark, abstract artistic inspiration, if you've always wanted to know what happens at the end of this French children's folktale, or are simply on a hallucinogenic, this is one option.

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Elle s'appelle Sabine

NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX. NOW AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX DVD. FrenchFlicks turned a little bit somber this week and delved into the heartbreaking and true story of Sandrine Bonnaire's sister Sabine, with Her Name is Sabine. (Elle s'appelle Sabine, 2007)

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Elles

NOW ONLY AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX DVD. If you've ever pondered what it would be like for your mother to cover an article regarding prostitutes, I have a Netflix rental for you.

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Les Petits mouchoirs

NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX. NOW AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX DVD. When you can't take time away from the office to travel to the South of France, enjoying your boat rental, wine glass in hand, you can, at the very least, watch Little White Lies

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Intouchables

NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX. NOW AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX DVD. In November of 2011, a film wasn’t simply “released." Nay. A “cultural event” of the year happened upon France. It was co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, and it is entitled, The Intouchables (Intouchables).

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Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants

NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX. NOW AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX DVDStarring, writing, directing- Yvan Attal does it all in Happily Ever After (Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants)Of course, what he happily shows us is this: marriage is quite simply, and quite often... Hell.

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A Happy Event (Un Heureux événement)

NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX. When you find yourself in the mood for pregnancy, it's time to bust out A Happy Event, or Un heureux événement.

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