Alain Robbe-Grillet

‘Playing With Fire’ Will Burn the Uninitiated

‘Playing With Fire’ Will Burn the Uninitiated

Alain Robbe-Grillet’s Playing With Fire marks a curious effort when considered in the scope of cancel culture today, yet it compels nonetheless

Litanies of Death and Desire: The Works of Alain Robbe-Grillet

Litanies of Death and Desire: The Works of Alain Robbe-Grillet

Often exploring the haunted depths of dissolute sexuality, Alain Robbe-Grillet reframes the ideas of longing and desire through repetitious narratives.

‘La Belle Captive’ Is a Beautiful Nightmare

‘La Belle Captive’ Is a Beautiful Nightmare

Part murder-mystery, part erotic fever dream, Alain Robbe-Grillet’s La Belle Captive is a sumptuous nightmare.

‘La Belle Captive’ Invades Your Dreams

‘La Belle Captive’ Invades Your Dreams

This Alain Robbe-Grillet film can get under the skin of anyone susceptible to its languid spell.
(Not So) Sex Obsessed: ‘Alain Robbe-Grillet: Six Films 1963-74’

(Not So) Sex Obsessed: ‘Alain Robbe-Grillet: Six Films 1963-74’

The controversial French director's best known films are collected into this handsome six-film BFI box set, full of impressive nouvelle vague innovation.

The Men Who Play Games in ‘The Man Who Lies’ and ‘Eden and After’

Memory and Illusion in ‘L’Immortelle’

Memory and Illusion in ‘L’Immortelle’

L’Immortelle explores Allain Robbe-Grillet’s themes of memory and illusion in a way that now seems crisp and beautiful.