The most notable thing about this low-key comedy is that it marks the film début
of Brigitte Bardot. Far from being the sex goddess which she became a few years
later... [More...]
Towards the end of his career, writer and film director Sacha Guitry made three major
historical films, each of which earned him critical acclaim and each of which has retained
an enduring popularity... [More...]
This is a fine tragicomic romantic film from arguably the most romantic of all the great
pre-WW2 French film directors, René Clair. It has the distinction of being
Clair’s first film to be made in colour... [More...]
This good-humoured wartime comedy was directed by Christian-Jaque, who is probably best
known for his historical adventure films
Fanfan la Tulipe (1952) and
La Tulipe noire (1964)... [More...]
La Femme et le Pantin is
Julien Duvivier’s spirited but ultimately doomed attempt to update
Pierre Louÿs’s raunchy erotic novel of 1898. It is a
minor footnote in the career of the great director but illustrates... [More...]
Jean Cocteau’s final film is a fitting conclusion to a remarkable artistic career
spanning over fifty years. The film manages to encompass all aspects of Cocteau’s
creative genius and it is perhaps the best... [More...]
Brigitte Bardot hadn’t quite reached the highpoint of her career when she agreed to make
this film with high profile New Wave film director Louis Malle... [More...]
On the surface, this is probably Jean-Luc Godard’s most conventional film, with expensive
location work, a large cast with some star names. Conspicuous by their absence are
the cynical intellectual humour... [More...]
