Little Fugitive director Morris Engel was the post-WWII ‘Father of American Independent Cinema,’ inspiring John Cassavetes and the French New Wave.
François Truffaut
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In Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s ‘best bad movie,’ The Barefoot Contessa, Ava Gardner exudes a magnetic – and underrated – mix of glamour and charisma.
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Simone Simon Remembered: Sex Kitten + Femme Fatale
15 minutes readSimone Simon: Sex Kitten and Femme Fatale was seen in nearly 40 films, seducing men old and young sometimes with deadly results.
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Catherine Deneuve: César Award Record-Tier
9 minutes readCatherine Deneuve: César Award Best Actress Record-Tier after her latest nomination. Article includes list of rare Anglophone César nominees.
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Los Angeles vs. New York Film Critics: Which of the 2 groups makes the most daring choices? Once upon a time the NYFCC was clear winner but not anymore.
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Catherine Deneuve Style + Talent: Living Film Legend
5 minutes readCatharine Deneuve. Catherine Deneuve: Style & talent on TCM tonight A day to rejoice on Turner Classic Movies: Catherine Deneuve, one of the few true Living Film Legends, is TCM’s …
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Sylvia Kristel: Emmanuelle actress has died Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, best remembered for the epoch-making erotic hit Emmanuelle, died on Oct. 17 in Amsterdam. Kristel, who had been battling cancer …
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Heinz Bennent: Volker Schlöndorff & Ingmar Bergman Actor
1 minutes readVeteran German actor Heinz Bennent died on Oct. 12. He was 90. The Aachen-born (July 18, 1921) Heinz Bennent never became an international name despite several important roles in international …
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Actress Paulette Dubost, known as the “Dean of French Cinema,” and a performer in films directed by Jean Renoir, Marcel L’Herbier, Jacques Tourneur, Julien Duvivier, Max Ophüls, Preston Sturges, François …
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Young Alfred Hitchcock Film Found: The White Shadow
6 minutes readYoung Alfred Hitchcock movie? Betty Compson in The White Shadow, which was actually directed by Graham Cutts. Among other duties, Hitchcock wrote and edited the 1923 film. About thirty minutes …
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My Night at Maud’s with Françoise Fabian and Antoine Vitez: Eric Rohmer classic. To watch an Eric Rohmer film is to watch life unfold on the screen. I’m not sure …
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Jean Delannoy: History of French Cinema ‘Last Survivor’
5 minutes read“I’m the last survivor of one section of the history of French cinema,” director-screenwriter Jean Delannoy declared in 2004. The “last survivor” died yesterday, June 18, at his home in …
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Billy Wilder & Jacques Rivette: Views of Vast & Varied Europe
12 minutes readIn late August, the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program will present “Billy Wilder’s Europe,” a seven-film series showcasing samples of the …
Marie Dubois, Actress in New Wave Films and the record-breaking blockbuster La Grande Vadrouille, has died.
Andrew Sarris: Auteur Theory Film Critic & Author Dead
Andrew Sarris, auteur theory proponent in the U.S., died earlier today at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, apparently of complications caused by a stomach virus. Sarris, who was 83, was …
Marie-France Pisier in The Other Side of Midnight (top); Pisier with Jean-Pierre Léaud in François Truffaut’s Love at Twenty segment “Antoine and Colette” (bottom) Marie-France Pisier, best-known internationally as one …
Breathless (Movie 1960): Vastly Overrated Noir Homage
Breathless (movie 1960) review: Is Jean-Luc Godard’s iconic and hugely influential nouvelle vague film noir homage a vastly overrated classic? Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg star.