La Bête humaine is a powerful study of the darker side of human nature.
It comes from possibly the greatest period of French cinema, from a great director... [More...]
An excellent cast (which includes some of the biggest French actors of
the day) elevates this humdrum melodrama to something that just about
passes for entertainment... [More...]
Through a series of dove-tailing love vignettes, Max Ophüls offers us an enchanting
film replete with some of the greatest acting talent French cinema has known... [More...]
Although unmistakably a classic of French cinema, Le plaisir is marginally less
satisfying than Ophül’s other attempts at films tableaux (La Ronde and Madame
de…)... [More...]
With enchanting performances from Michel Piccoli and Léa Massari (who make a surprisingly
effective screen couple) and an evocative, seemingly unceasing score (which includes some
of Schubert’s most haunting... [More...]
