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 ...

Decadent, subversive, and bristling with artistic invention, the myth-born cinema of Jean Cocteau disturbs as much as it charms. Cocteau was the most versatile of artists in prewar Paris. Poet, ...

Decadent, subversive, and bristling with artistic invention, the myth-born cinema of Jean Cocteau disturbs as much as it charms. Cocteau was the most versatile of artists in prewar Paris. Poet, ...

In his final film, Jean Cocteau brilliantly evokes memories of his past triumphs, Blood of a Poet (1930) and Orpheus (1949). Cocteau casts himself as an aging poet who knows he is dying (as indeed he ...

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 ...

Of all the distinctive filmmakers in the world, few can properly be called unique. That adjective, however, can unreservedly be applied to Jean Cocteau, in part because he saw filmmaking as only one ...

WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC is pleased to present Phoenixology, a solo exhibition of photographs by Lucien Clergue (1934-2014). On view are thirty 1959 photographs (lifetime prints, signed by Clergue) which ...

In this, the third part of the trilogy, Jean Cocteau stars and also directs. In Greek legend, Orpheus is the poet who almost rescues his wife Eurydice from Hades by charming Pluto and Persephone with ...

The poet Jean Cocteau is lost in space-time. He has been in the 18th century and is now turning up at different moments in professor Langevin's life. The professor has invented some bullets, which ...

Read up on the latest Testament of Orpheus News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. The life of an artist has never been so creatively portrayed. Read up on the latest Testament of ...