A recent video shared by the Twitter account History X (@pastxhistory) has stirred intense reactions online. The clip, featuring Monica Bellucci dancing in the 2002 French film Irréversible, has ...

It’s one of the most shocking scenes in cinema history: A woman named Alex (Monica Bellucci) walks through an underpass. While walking, she witnesses a man attacking another woman. The other woman ...

Few films have inspired the same revulsion as Gaspar Noé's 2002 art house picture, Irréversible. The film was commended for its direction and performances but horrified viewers with graphic, unbroken ...

A look back at Gaspar Noé’s brutal told-in-reverse drama, which has been rereleased in a “Straight Cut” version. By Beatrice Loayza In bed with her lover, Alex (Monica Bellucci) recounts a dream: “I ...

Still, you had to wonder how the movie might have played if its structure hadn’t been reversed — if its conclusion bent more toward the usual. We now, with Noé’s permission, have a chance to find out.

Two of my all-time favorite performances were given by Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassell in Gaspar Noé's 2002 French-language film "Irreversible." I loved Noé's film "Enter the Void" and went back ...

As if the French haven’t taken enough of a hit lately, here comes Gaspar Noe. In recent weeks, the Nietzsche-spouting, overage enfant terrible of new French cinema has been making the publicity rounds ...

“When I saw ‘Straw Dogs’ I walked out during the rape scene,” the French director says, on the occasion of his own film's 20th-anniversary recut. Every self-respecting or self-hating cinephile has a ...

When discussing the most disturbing and unwatchable movies of all time, one cannot simply ignore the extremities of the 2002 film Irréversible. The film gained notoriety for its disturbing and graphic ...

When Monica Bellucci has a rough day, she really has a rough day. Take March 7. On that date, the 34-year-old Italian actress will be chased by ruthless Nigerian rebels on one part of the globe and ...