Ellen Bahl

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie — In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attemp

That Obscure Object of Desire — After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, re

The Phantom of Liberty — This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the li

The Milky Way — Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. On their way, they m

Angelique — In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenienc