Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

In Orphée, to give the film its original French title, French director Jean Cocteau uproots the myth of Orpheus from ancient Greece and sets in 20th century Paris. If you remember your mythology, ...

Jean Cocteau, Orphée (Orpheus), 1950, 35 mm, black-and-white, sound, 95 minutes. Heurtebise (François Périer) and Orpheus (Jean Marais). Orson Welles, The Lady from Shanghai, 1947, 35 mm, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credits: Films Around the World (I) Testament of Orpheus is a 1960 French film directed by and starring Jean Cocteau. It’s a ...

Cocteau made his first film when he was 41 and already famous. The Blood of a Poet (1930) contains all the signs and symbols of the personal mythology evident from his poems, novels, plays and ...

In Blood of a Poet, the first film in Jean Cocteau’s Orphic trilogy, photographer Lee Miller stars as a statue who comes to life. Other images in the film include people using mirrors as doors between ...

Jean Cocteau’s “Orpheus,” newly restored by Criterion in a terrific two-disc DVD set, presents his deeply personal version of the mythological Greek poet whose songs could charm wild beasts. In ...

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 ...