La Bandera is one of Julien Duvivier’s most memorable films, providing a satisfying
and early example of poetic realism, albeit in a setting far removed from contemporary
France... [More...]
In its time, Les Bas-fonds was something of a groundbreaking film, offering an
honest and humanist portrait of those at the lowest end of the social spectrum... [More...]
It is not hard to see why Anatole Litvak’s Mayerling
is widely regarded as one of the greatest of cinematic love stories, a 1930s version
of Romeo and Juliette... [More...]
This strange mix of farce and social drama, based on a novel by Emile Zola, would appear
to be an unlikely film to come out of the studios of Continental Films... [More...]
Albert Préjean stars as the famed Parisian detective created by Georges Simenon
in this, the third and last of the Maigret films made by Continental Films during
the Nazi Occupation of France... [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...]
