Commissioned by the French Committee for the History of the Second World War, Nuit
et brouillard is widely recognised as the film which provides the most potent depiction
of the horrors of the Holocaust... [More...]
This is an exceptional film, marking Alain Resnais’ debut as a film director, after a
decade of producing eye-opening short documentaries. Indeed... [More...]
There are few films that stand out as being unique and entirely unlike anything that has
gone before, but Alain Resnais’s L’année derniere à Marienbad is
one such film... [More...]
Widely regarded as one of Alain Resnais’ greatest films, Muriel is perhaps the
most perfect distillation of the themes of time, place and memory which dominate most
of the director’s works... [More...]
The stylish ambiguity and other-worldliness, achieved through some stunning photography,
in Resnais’ early films would appear inappropriate for a political thriller... [More...]
Although not intended as a conventional historic drama, this film sheds some light on
the enigmatic yet comparatively unknown character of Stavisky... [More...]
A recurring feature of Alain Resnais’ cinema is the way in which memory distorts reality
and creates an alternative view of the world which, in the mind of the central protagonist... [More...]
What could easily have been a conventional drama about the pressures of modern living
is magnificently transformed into a multi-layered film which is both compelling and entertaining... [More...]
The relationship between times past and present is a recurrent theme in Alain Resnais’
cinema. Whereas his earlier films adopt an abstract, often bewildering... [More...]
Whilst not in the league of Resnais’ earlier cinematic achievements, L’Amour à
mort offers a solemn and unusual meditation on the relationship between love and death... [More...]
Mélo makes a striking contrast with Alain Resnais’ previous films in which,
by and large, narrative is either lacking altogether or else achieved in an astonishingly
original way... [More...]
Although pretty mundane when compared with Resnais’ earlier cinematographic achievements,
this is nonetheless an entertaining satire, having the quality of characterisation and
narrative structure we have come to... [More...]
On connaît la chanson marked Alain Resnais’ triumphal return to mainstream
French cinema in the late 1990s. The film, hugely popular in France... [More...]
