"Luis Bunuel's Masterpiece of Erotica!" A brand new official trailer has debuted for the 50th anniversary 4K restoration of Luis Buñuel's sensual drama Belle de Jour, which first opened in cinemas all ...
Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. When Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967) hit America in 1968, it was mildly scandalous — even with the newly-minted MPAA R rating. ...
Let’s not pretend that director Luis Buñuel meant to say anything elevated with this picture or do anything but drag us down into the muck that gets splattered across Catherine Deneuve’s face, as she ...
Belle de Jour dramatizes the collision between depravity and elegance, one of the favorite themes of director Luis Buñuel. Catherine Deneuve stars as a wealthy but bored newlywed, eager to taste life ...
Of all the films about prostitutes—there are quite a few I promise—1967's Belle de Jour remains my all-time favorite. The French film starred the incredibly talented, insanely beautiful Catherine ...
Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...
BRUNO FRISONI CAN’T recall the first time he saw Luis Buñuel’s film “Belle de Jour,” but the style of its leading lady Catherine Deneuve made an indelible impression on him. “This woman looks ...
From the outside, Catherine Deneuve’s protagonist in Belle De Jour has everything a Parisian woman of the 1960s could want. She’s married to a comically handsome man (Jean Sorel) whose career as a ...