Jeux interdits is almost unquestionably the most compelling and intensely poignant
drama featuring young children ever filmed. The film retains its power to shock
and to drive its audience to tears... [More...]
I first saw this wonderful film in 1971 in London. As a very
impressionable and probably quite lonely young man I left the Mayfair
arthouse with my first tears for 10 years... [More...]
Two cinematic icons of the 1960s – Alain Delon and Charles Bronson – join forces in this
stylish French thriller which, despite some glaring plot weaknesses... [More...]
Not only is this Bertrand Blier’s first major film; it is also the film which propelled
actor Gérard Depardieu to stardom. Although the film has its strengths –
mainly some very funny comic situations... [More...]
Witty, incisive and masterfully narrated, L’Homme qui aimait les femmes is one
of François Truffaut’s most entertaining films, but it is also one his most introspective
and melancholic... [More...]
Although it is hardly groundbreaking material, La Boum
is one of those inconsequential French romantic comedies which you cannot help
falling for. The film was an enormous commercial success when it was released
in 1980... [More...]
In Un mauvais fils, director Claude Sautet explores two of his favourite themes,
which predominate in most – if not all – of his films. The first is the conflict
between different generations... [More...]
