Browse any account of the French New Wave's beginnings and you're sure to encounter some variation on the idea that these filmm...

Pierre Étaix deserves more respect in the film world. Of the various filmmakers from the mid-century period who specialized in physical c...

I miss how international the cinema was in the 60's and 70's. It's somewhat coming back with studios making an effort to appe...

At the time of its release, The Soft Skin was viewed as bit of a letdown after the stylized sensation of Truffaut's Jules and Jim ...

After doing our animated movies poll, I felt inspired to watch a bunch of new-to-me animated films that had somehow escaped my attention...

It was interesting watching this film after seeing La Havre . There are so many echoes between the films. It sort of makes me wonder: W...

A young African refugee (Blondin Miguel) hiding out in a small seaside town is befriended by an old Bohemian (André Wilms) who rallies the...

A mysterious man (Denis Lavant) is driven around in a white limo to various "appointments". Inside the limo he applies makeup a...

Amélie is the tale of a sweet and quirky young woman living in Paris, who has recently decided to be a do-gooder and win the heart of a...

Corinne and Roland (Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne) set out on a quiet drive to the countryside. What they find is death, mangled cars, canni...

After stealing a car and killing a cop, Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) needs to lay-low. And lay he does, with the beautiful American news...