This enduring classic of French cinema is often cited as director Jacques Feyder’s finest
film and it certainly earned him great acclaim on its release in 1935... [More...]
The second film from the Carné-Prévert collaboration, Drôle de
drame is an extraordinary mix black comedy and farce, quite unlike anything in French
cinema at the time... [More...]
In its time, Les Bas-fonds was something of a groundbreaking film, offering an
honest and humanist portrait of those at the lowest end of the social spectrum... [More...]
L’Alibi is one of two very popular film noir
thrillers made by the French film director Pierre Chenal in the 1930s. The other,
Le
Dernier tournant (1939)... [More...]
Un carnet de bal is a good example of French cinema of the late1930s, and one of
the earliest successful attempts at the episodic film which became so popular in subsequent
decades.
The multi-part structure of the... [More...]
This classic tense drama, with a compelling plot by Henri Jeanson, is a fine example of
pre-war French cinema. Louis Jouvet, possibly France’s greatest theatre actor... [More...]
This doom-laden, intensely atmospheric film epitomises the poetic realism of French cinema
of the late 1930s. Masters of the genre, Carné and Prévert create
a shadowy world where the harsh realities of an... [More...]
The only one of Renoir’s films that can truly be described as epic, La Marseillaise
succeeds as both an accurate historical account of an important part of French history
and as a reflection of the mood of the... [More...]
This is a very sombre film which offers an uncompromising depiction of the humiliation
and bitterness that accompanies the end of an actor’s life... [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...]
Despite being overlooked these days, Un Revenant is one of director Christian-Jacque’s
finest films, with some impressive photography, good acting performances and well-conceived
scenario... [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...]
