french film

A Little Ominous Noir Music Makes Jules Dassin’s ‘Rifif’ Nearly Perfect

A Little Ominous Noir Music Makes Jules Dassin’s ‘Rifif’ Nearly Perfect

This benchmark of the heist genre shows that for the criminal, elegance and brutality go hand-in-hand, never more vividly depicted than in this tightly structured ode to Paris.

When a Circus Clown Moves from the Bright Spotlight to the Glow of Film: ‘Pierre Etaix’

Fantômas: The Case of the Dastardly Scalawag

The Beaches of Agnès (Les plages d’ Agnès)