Essay-length film reviews


Here is a selection of film reviews on frenchfilms.org which offer a more detailed analysis of some of the great cinema classics.

French films (1895-1929)

L'Arlésienne (1908) [d. Albert Capellani]
Les Misérables (1913) [d. Albert Capellani]
Judex (1916) [d. Louis Feuillade]
Haceldama ou Le prix du sang (1919) [d. Julien Duvivier]
La Cigarette (1919) [d. Germaine Dulac]
L'Homme du large (1920) [d. Marcel L'Herbier]
El Dorado (1921) [d. Marcel L'Herbier]
La Roue (1923) [d. Abel Gance]
L'Inondation (1924) [d. Louis Delluc]
La Galerie des monstres (1924) [d. Jaque Catelain]
Le Vertige (1926) [d. Marcel L'Herbier]
Napoléon (1927) [d. Abel Gance]
Le Diable au coeur (1927) [d. Marcel L'Herbier]
L'Argent (1928) [d. Marcel L'Herbier]
Le Mystère de la tour Eiffel (1928) [d. Julien Duvivier]
Peau de pêche (1929) [d. Jean Benoît-Lévy]
Nogent, Eldorado du dimanche (1929) [d. Marcel Carné]
Les Nouveaux messieurs (1929) [d. Jacques Feyder]
La Petite Lise (1930) [d. Jean Grémillon]

French films (1930-1969)

La Grande illusion (1937) [d. Jean Renoir]
Les Enfants du paradis (1945) [d. Marcel Carné]
Miroir (1947) [d. Raymond Lamy]
Le Silence de la mer (1949) [d. Jean-Pierre Melville]
Jour de fête (1949) [d. Jacques Tati]
La Marie du port (1950) [d. Marcel Carné]
Un homme marche dans la ville (1950) [d. Marcello Pagliero]
Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951) [d. Marcel Carné]
L'Air de Paris (1954) [d. Marcel Carné]
À bout de souffle (1960) [d. Jean-Luc Godard]
The Trial (Le Procès) (1962) [d. Orson Welles]
Jules et Jim (1962) [d. François Truffaut]
L'Amour fou (1969) [d. Jacques Rivette]

French films (1970 to 2023)

Le Souffle au coeur (1971) [d. Louis Malle]
Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (1972) [d. Maurice Pialat]
L'Argent (1983) [d. Robert Bresson]
Mauvais sang (1986) [d. Leos Carax]
La Vie et rien d'autre (1989) [d. Bertrand Tavernier]
Les Voleurs (1996) [d. André Téchiné]
La Captive (2000) [d. Chantal Akerman]

American and British films

The Heiress (1949) [d. William Wyler]
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) [d. Robert Aldrich]
The Night of the Hunter (1955) [d. Charles Laughton]
The Big Knife (1955) [d. Robert Aldrich]
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) [d. Joseph Pevney]
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) [d. Joseph L. Mankiewicz]
The Servant (1963) [d. Joseph Losey]
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) [d. Robert Aldrich]
Repulsion (1965) [d. Roman Polanski]
Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (1966) [d. Orson Welles]
Fahrenheit 451 (1966) [d. François Truffaut]
The Killing of Sister George (1968) [d. Robert Aldrich]
Loot (1970) [d. Silvio Narizzano]
Brazil (1985) [d. Terry Gilliam]
Prick Up Your Ears (1987) [d. Stephen Frears]
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) [d. Howard Brookner]
Edward II (1991) [d. Derek Jarman]




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