Rated as René Clair’s comic masterpiece, the original template for the Hollywood
musicals, and one of the best of the early sound films... [More...]
In Le Crime de Monsieur Lange, Renoir uses a simple story to reflect the political
mood of the time. The film has a distinctly anti-capitalistic message... [More...]
Swashbuckling action historicals were hugely popular in France in the 1950s, and André
Hunebelle was presumably hoping to capitalise on the success of Christian-Jaque’s 1952
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la Tulipe with his... [More...]
Celui qui doit mourir was the second film that
director Jules Dassin made in France – after the influential noir masterpiece
Du rififi chez les homes (1955)... [More...]
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...]
Le Doulos is a sophisticated policier which shows its roots in classic film noir
throughout. The American gangster movies of the 1930s and 1940s had a great appeal
to director Jean-Paul Melville and in this film he creates... [More...]
The third in the series of five films adapted from the stories by Anne et Serge Golon
sees Angélique torn between her loyalties to her state (whom she must serve to
safeguard her children’s future) and her... [More...]
In stark contrast to the crime thrillers with which Belmondo is better known, Le Corps
de mon ennemi has an almost total absence of action and physical displays of violence... [More...]
