Blogs about: Jean Gabin
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PORT OF SHADOWS (Marcel Carné, 1938)
If nothing else, scenarist Jacques Prévert and filmmaker Marcel Carné’s Quai des brûmes is momentous for launching two great movements in cinema: in France, poetic realism; in the U.S., film noir, whi… more →
Dennis Grunes
Illuminating La Grande Illusion
stephanie ogle wrote 3 weeks ago: New in at Cinema Books: BFI Film Classics La Grande Illusion by Julian Jackson, $14.95 paper. New a … more →
The Lower Depths-1936
bennythomas wrote 1 month ago: aka. Les Bas-Fonds It is one of the curiosities in the history of cinema that Jean Renoir who has be … more →
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
whatisfilmnoir wrote 3 months ago: Touchez Pas au Grisbi, known best as simply Grisbi, is not always thought of as a film noir. However … more →
20 Shots: Les Bas-Fonds (1936)
Brad Wrolstad wrote 3 months ago: Jean Renoir’s version of The Lower Depths has the rich ambience of classic film noir minus the … more →
More French films
bunnybuntales wrote 4 months ago: Last night I hung out with a friend and his French amis. Made me think of some more favorite French … more →
French Film noir - Razzia sur la Chnouf (1955) - watch online
portaeporta wrote 5 months ago: watch online Razzia sur la Chnouf at www.artmovies.tk Director: Henri Decoin Script: Henri Decoin, M … more →
Port of Shadows
whatisfilmnoir wrote 5 months ago: Port of Shadows is a French film that has been classified in many different ways. It doesn’t necessa … more →
Moontide
whatisfilmnoir wrote 5 months ago: Moontide is a little known film noir that was shot in the early period of noir. It was filmed in 194 … more →
MOVIE REVIEW: GENE KELLY -- DRAMATIC ACTOR
garbonza wrote 5 months ago: CROSS OF LORRAINE (MGM, 1943) Aside from the usual wartime flagwavers Hollywood came out with detail … more →
Je Adore La Musique de Paris Derniere
missenscene wrote 6 months ago: Yesterday, I had the pleasure of playing tour guide to my new French friends. They just moved into m … more →
Belle of New York
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dcairns wrote 6 months ago: Rainy days in New York City! Guy Budziak, of hardier stock than I, strode through the downpour with … more →
Pépé le Moko
Jordan Richardson wrote 7 months ago: Julien Duvivier’s Pépé le Moko is perhaps the earliest example of film noir. The 1937 French film te … more →
Touchez pas au grisbi (Becker, 1954)
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Glenn Heath Jr. wrote 7 months ago: Jean Gabin oozes premeditated cool in Jacques Becker’s understated and often brutal gangster f … more →
They stamped the terra!
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rhsmith wrote 8 months ago: But for the requirement that you first have to be dead in order to qualify, I think it’s the u … more →
The Place of the Skull
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dcairns wrote 8 months ago: Look — it’s Jesus! Since Easter is approaching, we decided to watch a man get nailed to … more →
Petit rendezvous with...
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lingolyrics wrote 8 months ago: Romance: Jean Gabin, Marlene Dietrich We’ve had so many suggestions from fans of French music … more →
Pépé le Moko
Olaf wrote 9 months ago: Pépé is a gangster from Marseille hiding from the police in the ancient labyrinth casbah of Algiers. … more →
20 Actors
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Brad Wrolstad wrote 10 months ago: The Siren has graciously unleashed this latest viral theme upon us all, so I don’t have to par … more →
PORT OF SHADOWS (Marcel Carné, 1938)
grunes wrote 10 months ago: If nothing else, scenarist Jacques Prévert and filmmaker Marcel Carné’s Quai des brûmes is momentous … more →
