Rendez-vous de juillet is in many ways one of the most remarkable and unexpected
French films of the 1940s. It certainly represents a clear break from the traditional
style of film which that decade excelled in.
With... [More...]
This early film from Henri Verneuil is one of many fruitful collaborations involving the
director and the great French comic actor Fernandel. The film... [More...]
Henri Decoin shows his mastery of the crime thriller genre in this entertaining whodunnit,
which owes more to Agatha Christie than to the French film noir tradition... [More...]
French cancan marks director Jean Renoir’s spectacular return to French
cinema, after a 15 year long absence, working mainly in the United States... [More...]
Fernandel gives not one but six great comic performances in this hilarious comedy from
director Henri Verneuil (who is perhaps better known for his crime thriller than burlesque
comedies such as this)... [More...]
Often cited as one of Sacha Guitry’s best films, with a cast list most directors can only
dream of, Si Paris nous était conté aims to tell the story of Paris
through a series of sketches which range... [More...]
Towards the end of the 1950s, French cinema had, to a large extent,
become stale and predictable, consisting mainly of American-inspired
thrillers... [More...]
Le Chemin des écoliers
isn’t so much a film as a head-spinning confluence of some of the most
impressive acting talent in French cinema in the late
1950s... [More...]
The multi-part film is a difficult kind of cinema to get right but Duvivier’s
Le Diable et les dix commandements is a rare exception where the form succeeds admirably... [More...]
Costa-Gavras made his directoral debut with this fast-moving, convoluted but magnificently
assembled crime thriller. The film reflects the director’s interest for American
film noir and... [More...]
