The Artist

Oct 12, 2011

1h 40m

★ 7.4

A breath of fresh vintage air

Overview

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

uFilm

La Petite Reine

Studio 37

La Classe américaine

JD Prod

France 3 Cinéma

Jouror Productions

The Artist Trailers

Cast

George Valentin

Jean Dujardin

Peppy Miller

Bérénice Bejo

Al Zimmer

John Goodman

Clifton

James Cromwell

Doris Valentin

Penelope Ann Miller

Constance Gray

Missi Pyle

Peppy's Maid

Beth Grant

Peppy's Butler

Ed Lauter

Policeman Fire

Joel Murray

Norma

Elizabeth Tulloch

Pawnbroker

Ken Davitian

The Butler

Malcolm McDowell

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

7.1

An Inspector Calls

Mar 16, 1954

An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?

4.2

Dirty Love

Sep 23, 2005

The klutzy yet stunning Rebecca Sommers walks in on her hunky boyfriend in bed with another woman. They break up and Rebecca starts to fall apart, but, with the help of her close girlfriends, she begins to date again. Unfortunately, the men she meets all happen to be crazy. John, her dorky guy friend, tries to express his secret love for Rebecca, but she's too busy to notice as she tries to come to terms with her breakup.

6.9

Reds

Dec 25, 1981

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

7.5

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Sep 3, 1926

Taken from The Arabian Nights, a wicked sorcerer and the beautiful prince Achmed battle one against the other during a series of wondrous adventures.

7.0

Targets

Aug 15, 1968

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.

7.1

The Bishop's Wife

Dec 25, 1947

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.

0.0

Mustat silmät

Apr 29, 1929

Valentin Vaala's (and Teuvo Tulio's) first film. Only fragments survive.

0.0

Bollywood and Vine: The Original B-Movie Musical

Invalid Date

Forgotten B movie scream queen Delilah Leigh and her son Devin vie for the attention of handsome Indian filmmaker Bhuvan Bannerji, Delilah for her last shot at stardom, Devin for his first shot at love.

4.0

The Thief

Jan 4, 1955

The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-sister's heart.

7.0

This Sporting Life

Feb 7, 1963

In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.

6.8

Sink the Bismarck!

Feb 11, 1960

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.

6.9

Run Silent, Run Deep

Mar 27, 1958

The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.

5.5

The Golden Wedding

Oct 27, 1911

A grandfather recalls how he and his wife met and fell in love during the Second Italian War of Independence.

0.0

The Witch of Gric

Mar 31, 1920

A young countess, Nera Keglević, is fighting against believing in witches by using witchcraft. But the problem is that local judge Krajačić is accusing Nera to be witch for revenge.

0.0

Praise of Death

Sep 21, 1991

The life and death of famous Korean singer, Yun Sim-deok in the 1920s.

7.3

How to Steal a Dog

Dec 31, 2014

Ji-so, a young girl who doesn't have a house because of her bankrupted dad. In order to get money to buy a house she plan to steals wealthy people's dogs to earn reward money when she returns them.

6.8

The Cigarette

Oct 10, 1919

A Parisian museum director believes his wife is cheating on him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk, thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.