Cinematheque: Last Screening (DERNIÈRE SÉANCE)

France, 2011, 35mm, 81 min., French with English subtitles, Directed by Laurent Achard; A cinephilic riff on the serial killer genre, Last Screening imagines Norman Bates running a repertory cinema. Sylvain, projectionist/manager of a Paris Cinematheque runs Renoir revivals for dwindling crowds every evening, then commits grisly murders overnight. Writer/director Laurent Achard nails the details, crafting a film that evokes a newly discovered 1970s giallo print on every level.