Over at The Daily Notebook, an all-too-brief, but undeniably seasonal edition of The Forgotten.… more →
shadowplaywrote 1 month ago: The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films presents V … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Director: Julien Duvivier. Screenwriters: Ernest Pascal, Samuel Hoffenstein, Ellis St. Joseph … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Chemistry is everything and Vivien Leigh had chemistry with Clark Gable in the 1939 “Gone with … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Over at The Daily Notebook, an all-too-brief, but undeniably seasonal edition of The Forgotten. … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Look at the film’s ‘French-ness’: What makes the film French? - What defines Pepe le Moko as … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Directed by Julien Duvivier, Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a little spat and Stefan has asked h … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Julien Duvivier’s Anna Karenina was the second non-silent film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The pre-Nouvelle Vague French cinema remains unjustly neglected in a lot of critical and cinephile q … more →
wrote 1 year ago: From Duvivier’s ALLO BERLIN? ICI PARIS! Two couples on a night out — according to the pl … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Watched LA TETE D’UN HOMME, Julien Duvivier’s Maigret film, made at exactly the same tim … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Took me ages to get around to VOICI LES TEMPS DES ASSASSINS, a major Julien Duvivier film. Not sure … more →
wrote 1 year ago: All first viewings this week. Theatrical Viewing Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, USA, 1957) - Castr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Comic books and movies seem to be synonymous these days but both industries share a long and fascina … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Anna Karenina Directed by Julien Duvivier Starring: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Hu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I am not a party animal. I do not drink. I have two left feet. Loud music makes my head throb. I fin … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A wild west Christmas tree from LES PETROLEUSES. I hate lists, generally — too much film writi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: EMORDNILAP is PALINDROME backwards, you see. A palindrome isn’t, as one might assume, a nightm … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Mr Pond nodded; he seemed to be suddenly smitten with a fit of abstraction. At last he said: “ … more →
wrote 2 years ago: (France) Director, Julien Duvivier; Screenplay, Jacques Constant and Henri Jeanson; Producers, Raymo … more →