Articles tagged with French Cinema

The Rules Of The Game - Jean Renoir

Overrated but entertaining classic from Jean Renoir.

The Class (Entre Les Murs) - Laurent Cantet

Laurent Cantet’s 2008 Palme d’Or winning film, The Class (Entre Les Murs), is a masterful study of classroom dynamics in a tough inner city middle school in Paris.

Diary Of A Country Priest - Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson's breakthrough film had its flaws, but augured greatness.

The Wages Of Fear - Henri-Georges Clouzot

Perhaps the most unappreciated great film of all time.

Lola Montès - Max Ophüls

In 1962, Andrew Sarris famously claimed Lola Montès was the greatest film of all-time. He later changed his mind.

Army of Shadows - Jean-Pierre Melville

Rarely seen for almost four decades, French director Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows received great critical acclaim during its theatrical re-release in 2006. But is the famed French director's micro-dissection of the French Resistance really a forgotten masterpiece?

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