Despite its comparative obscurity, Le Joueur d’échecs
is one of the great cinematic achievements of the silent era, a sumptuous blend
of historical wartime epic... [More...]
Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables, regarded
by many as the most important literary work from France, has provided the source for numerous
film... [More...]
One of the finest French language adaptations of an English play, Volpone should
be regarded as nothing less than a masterpiece of filmed theatrical farce... [More...]
Les Jeux sont faits is one of a number of great French films made in the 1940s
which have never really achieved the viewership and recognition they deserve... [More...]
After his three year suspension following the storm that his earlier film, Le Corbeau
, unleashed, Clouzot returned to French cinema with a magnificently crafted detective
thriller... [More...]
