Georges Simenon Articles

Bruno Cremer, best known for playing Georges Simenon's Inspector Jules Maigret in the long-running (1991-2005) French television series Maigret, died in a Paris hospital on Saturday, Aug. 7. Cremer, who had been fighting cancer for a number of years, was 80. Cremer's acting career spanned half a century. He began appearing in bit parts in films in the '50s; following a slow ascent, he landed [...]

A londoni férfi / The Man from London (2007) Direction: Béla Tarr Screenplay: Béla Tarr and László Krasznahorkai; from Georges Simenon's novel Cast: Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, Ági Szirtes, János Derzsi, Erika Bók, István Lénárt     By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: Style over substance. That is the plaint of many a critic when they come across a film or book or any work of [...]