Despite the shameful political-incorrectness of its title and some pretty blatant sentimentality,
this is an entertaining comedy thriller which achieves a satisfying blend of B-movie gangster
fare and slapstick.
Probably... [More...]
Fifty years after Louis Feuillade made his classic Fantômas
series, the infamous master criminal returned to French cinema in this colourful
action comedy... [More...]
The second of the 1960s Fantômas films reunites stars Louis de Funès and
Jean Marais in what is essentially a parody of the spy movie, with Marais playing both
the good guy (Fandor) and the villain (Fantômas)... [More...]
The third instalment in the 1960s series of Fantômas films sees Louis de
Funès and Jean Marais united for the final time in the by now familiar blend of
slapstick comedy and crime thriller... [More...]
Il faut vivre dangereusement
is a well-intentioned parody of the American film noir thriller,
although, with its Grand Guignol killings, endless bedroom antics and surfeit
of unsubtle erotica it has a distinctly French... [More...]
French film director Bertrand Blier is no stranger to controversy, and in Tenue de
soirée he frames possibly his most explicit and shocking view of the devastating
power of human sexuality... [More...]
Director Olivier Marchal clearly likes his crime thrillers fast, hard-boiled and dialogue
sparse. After his ultra-violent first film,
Gangsters (2002)... [More...]
Feux rouges is another highly
recommended film from the talented and provocative director
Cédric Kahn, bearing some striking similarities with his earlier
Roberto
Succo (2000)... [More...]
Camping is the latest in a
seemingly interminable line of films that attempt to make light of the
one thing the French take more seriously than just about anything
(except food): their summer holidays... [More...]
Les Toits de Paris is one of
those rare pieces of cinema that really can alter one’s outlook on
life. Directed by the acclaimed Kurdish filmmaker Hiner Saleem... [More...]
