Eric Rohmer’s first full length film is this tragicomic tale of one man’s spiral descent
into poverty and isolation. Whilst the film shows Rohmer’s inexperience as a filmmaker
too clearly and also suffers... [More...]
With one successful film (Les
quatre cents coups) under his belt, director François Truffaut was free
to indulge himself in two of his personal passions... [More...]
This is probably director Jean-Luc Godard’s funniest film, although it is in his characteristically
tongue-in-cheek, slightly anarchistic style that uniquely identified his contribution
to the French New Wave... [More...]
Widely acknowledged as a masterpiece and probably the most popular of the New Wave French
films of the early 1960s, Jules et Jim is François Truffaut’s enchanting
ode to love and friendship... [More...]
This film boasts not one but two icons of French cinema – Jean Gabin and Fernandel.
They had previously appeared together in three films in the 1930s before each went on
to forge his own path to stardom... [More...]
Based on the award winning novel by Robert Merle, Week-end à Zuydcoote provides
a harrowingly realistic portrayal of one of the darker episodes in World War II... [More...]
La Grande vadrouille is one of the great comic achievements of French cinema.
A magnificent action comedy, it had until very recently the distinction of being
the most popular film ever shown in France... [More...]
A striking combination of action thriller and sardonic western, Les Grandes gueules is
probably the French film that comes closest in style and substance to the tough Hollywood
cowboy films of the 1950s and 1960s... [More...]
Sadly underrated, Le Voleur is one of Louis Malle’s
most attractive films, an entertaining and beautifully crafted comedy which gleefully
satirises the attitudes of the nouveaux riches... [More...]
Monte Carlo or Bust was a spirited, but not altogether successful attempt, to repeat
the success of Annakin’s 1965 film: Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines... [More...]
La Maison des Bories is a beautifully filmed study in loneliness and temptation
from Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, one of the lesser known figures of the French New Wave... [More...]
Four men – four lives – four sets of problems. What they have in common is a friendship
that somehow manages to see them through. This is a poignant study of male mid-life
crises and the power of friendship... [More...]
After their great success with
Police Python 357 in 1976, director
Alain Corneau and actor Yves Montand are reunited for a similarly well-crafted and suspenseful
film noir thriller... [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...]
