July 2012
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The Smuggler
The legacy and continuing relevance of the French critic Serge Daney
by Jordan Mintzer posted July 17, 2012
June 2011
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Film Socialisme Annotated
A guided tour through Jean-Luc Godard's most allusive film
by David Phelps posted June 7, 2011
March 2011
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Who Won the War?
Bertrand Tavernier's historical epics and the French tradition of quality
by Saul Austerlitz posted March 31, 2011
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Ashes of Time
Resnais, Marker, Varda, and the Left Bank science-fiction film
by Lindsay Peters posted March 3, 2011
November 2010
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The Unseen Chabrol, Pt 3
As long as we still lag behind him, Claude Chabrol is not dead
by Chris Fujiwara posted November 11, 2010
October 2010
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The Unseen Chabrol, Pt 2
As long as we still lag behind him, Claude Chabrol is not dead
by Chris Fujiwara posted October 26, 2010
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The Unseen Chabrol, Pt 1
As long as we still lag behind him, Claude Chabrol is not dead
by Chris Fujiwara posted October 12, 2010
July 2010
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Storytelling
Why Alain Resnais's Wild Grass is the secret key to his sensibility
by Michael Atkinson posted July 6, 2010
January 2010
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More Than Talk
A close look at a scene from Eric Rohmer's Chloe in the Afternoon
by David Schwartz posted January 15, 2010
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A Cinema of Cruelty?
Looking beyond the clichéd portrait of a frivolous, voluble Eric Rohmer
by Charlotte Garson posted January 15, 2010
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The Perfect Moment
A frequent collaborator's memories of working with Eric Rohmer
by Nestor Almendros posted January 12, 2010
November 2009
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The Unknown Statue
A suppressed masterpiece by Alain Resnais and Chris Marker
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted November 6, 2009
March 2009
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The Substance of Style, Pt 1
Wes Anderson and his pantheon of heroes (Schulz, Welles, Truffaut)
by Matt Zoller Seitz posted March 30, 2009
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Movie Love
Film-history tidbits in a monument to French cinephilia
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted March 5, 2009
January 2009
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Independent America, 1978-1988
Myths of the new narrative (and a few counter-suggestions)
by Jonathan Rosenbaum posted January 26, 2009
December 2008
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Lessons in Darkness
Extreme precipices and gray areas in the films of Barbet Schroeder
by Nick Pinkerton posted December 2, 2008
August 2008
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Anarchy in the U.K.
The growing pains of Lindsay Anderson, Free Cinema's angry young man
by Steve Erickson posted August 14, 2008
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No Exit
Adapting the dissolute, interior noir of David Goodis
by Max Goldberg posted August 11, 2008
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After the Revolution
Revisiting the high cinematic modernism of Resnais and Robbe-Grillet
by Andrew Tracy posted August 7, 2008
June 2008
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He's Not There
A new biography takes on the ever-elusive Jean-Luc Godard
by B. Kite posted June 4, 2008
