Much of this episodic comic film feels dated even by the standards of the early 1960s,
and its all-star billing is largely wasted on the lacklustre material contrived by Jean
Girault and his cohorts... [More...]
After the huge success of Les Tontons flingueurs, an outrageously funny parody
of the gangster film, the director-writer team Georges Lautner and Michel Audiard repeated
their winning formula with Les Barbouzes... [More...]
Despite its slick presentation and solid acting performances, Du rififi à Paname
is a difficult film to like. The heavy plotting and uninspired direction render
its complex plot incomprehensible in some places... [More...]
A film lost in the cosmos and A film found on the scrap-heap are
the opening captions to what would be Jean-Luc Godard’s most virulent
assault on contemporary French society... [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...]
Borsalino, one of the most lavish French thrillers
of the 1970s, sees rival actors Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon (at the time, the two
most popular actors in France) sharing the limelight... [More...]
This popular and entertaining comedy thriller established Pierre Richard as one of France’s
leading comic actors in the 1970s, and his character... [More...]
After the enormous success of
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire
(1972), director Yves Robert and screenwriter Francis Veber would have been mad not to
have made a sequel... [More...]
With its exceptional production values (not least of which is its high-calibre cast),
Mort d’un pourri is the definitive 1970s policier. Well-paced... [More...]
