Despite its comparative obscurity, Le Joueur d’échecs
is one of the great cinematic achievements of the silent era, a sumptuous blend
of historical wartime epic... [More...]
Although considerably less polished and memorable than some of Pabst’s other works,
L’Atlantide is a compelling film with a strong visual style throughout... [More...]
Les Croix de bois is one of the most harrowing and
most realistic war films to have been made in France, and bears a favourable comparison
with Lewis Milestone’s legendary American equivalent... [More...]
Cette vieille canaille was one of half a dozen
films that Russian director Anatole Litvak made in France before taking up residence in
the United States... [More...]
L’Étrange Monsieur Victor is unquestionably one of Jean Grémillon’s
best films, an atmospheric, sombre tale of guilt, betrayal and retribution... [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...]
Jean Delannoy’s interpretation of André Gide’s powerful and moving novel is an
impressive and memorable piece of cinema. The pastor is treated sympathetically... [More...]
