Testament of Orpheus is a 1960 French film directed by and starring Jean Cocteau. It’s a surreal exploration of art, death, and the creative process. The film follows a poet on a journey through a ...

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On a busy weekend in downtown Concord in 2015, a pair of filmmakers were quietly plotting a descent into the Underworld. Amid the crowds and music of the Market Days Festival, John Hession and Rick ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

The French-Brazilian-Italian coproduction 'Black Orpheus' is often considered less a Brazilian film than one with a decidedly European perspective. In this 2010 interview, Brazilian film scholar ...

The film is a dystopian retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. In this version, O’Dessa (portrayed by Sadie Sink) is a rambler, someone who goes from city to city singing songs. However, ...