Julien Duvivier’s last great film is a curious synthesis of the harsh world of famous
French author Emile Zola and his own peculiar brand of historical romanticism... [More...]
Cinematic biographies of famous artists are not a rare phenomenon, but few such films
manage to evoke the acute sense of despair and injustice that Montparnasse 19 does... [More...]
This is a quaint film, in the mould of the New Wave in which director Jacques Demy was
to thrive. The film has a flowing, almost lyrical quality, which is a pleasure to
watch... [More...]
André Delvaux directed this haunting mélange of dream and reality, his second
full-length film after his acclaimed L’Homme au
crâne rasé (1966)... [More...]
An all-star cast (which includes some of the biggest names in French cinema) somehow manages
to make this inconsequential film pass for entertainment... [More...]
